| 单词 | intelligence |
| 释义 | intelligence /in tel"i jeuhns/, n. 1. capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc. 2. manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit. 3. the faculty of understanding. 4. knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information. 5. the gathering or distribution of information, esp. secret information. 6. Govt. a. information about an enemy or a potential enemy. b. the evaluated conclusions drawn from such information. c. an organization or agency engaged in gathering such information: military intelligence; naval intelligence. 7. interchange of information: They have been maintaining intelligence with foreign agents for years. 8. Christian Science. a fundamental attribute of God, or infinite Mind. 9. (often cap.) an intelligent being or spirit, esp. an incorporeal one, as an angel. [1350-1400; ME < L intelligentia. See INTELLIGENT, -ENCE] Syn. 1. See mind. 2. discernment, reason, acumen, aptitude, penetration. Ant. 2. stupidity. |
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