| 单词 | intelligent |
| 释义 | intelligentintelligent /ɪnˈtɛlədʒənt/ ●●● S3 W3 AWL adjective 1having a high level of ability to learn, understand, and think about things, or showing this ability: Cara is an ambitious and intelligent young woman. He makes intelligent decisions, and makes them quickly. We have a group of highly intelligent students in this class (=very intelligent).THESAURUSsmart – intelligent. Smart sounds more informal than intelligent: Jacob is a really smart guy.bright – intelligent. Used especially about children and young people: Both their children are bright and plan to go to college.brilliant – extremely intelligent and good at the work you do: Einstein was a brilliant scientist.wise – having a lot of experience and knowledge about people and the world: The story tells of a wise old man who helps his grandson respect himself.clever – intelligent, especially in a way that is unusual: She is clever and creative, and her business is doing well.cunning/crafty – good at using your intelligence to trick people: The actor plays the cunning criminal who tries to defeat Superman.intellectual – having or showing a lot of education and interested in learning about art, science, literature, etc.: I work at a college with a lot of very intellectual people.gifted – a gifted child is much more intelligent or talented than most other children: The class is for gifted kids who need more challenges in school.quick informal – able to learn and understand things quickly: He’s very quick – I never have to explain things twice.sharp – intelligent and able to understand things quickly so that you are not easily tricked or confused: Adam is very sharp, so he knew immediately that the salesman’s numbers were wrong.shrewd/astute – good at understanding situations or people and at making decisions to get what you want: Sachs was a shrewd judge of character and chose his staff well.2an intelligent creature is able to think, understand, and communicate: Dolphins are highly intelligent creatures. Is there intelligent life on other planets?3computers an intelligent computer or a machine, system, etc. that contains a computer, is able to learn and use information [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, present participle of intelligere to understand, from inter- + legere to gather, choose]—intelligently adverb |
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