intellectual

英 [,?nt?'lekt???l; -tj??l] 美[,?nt?'l?kt?u?l]

反義詞

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復數:?intellectuals;副詞:?intellectually;名詞:?intellectualism;

intellectual 智力的，有才智的

來自intellect,智力。

intellectual (adj.): late 14c., "grasped by the understanding" (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel and directly from Latin intellectualis "relating to the understanding," from intellectus "discernment, understanding," from past participle stem of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence). Intellectual property attested from 1845. Other adjective formations included intellective (late 15c.), intellectile (1670s).
intellectual (n.): 1590s, "mind, intellect," from intellectual (adj.); sense of "an intellectual person" is from 1650s. Related: Intellectuals.

1. They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors.: 他們非常勢利，不喜歡智力和社會地位不如自己的人。

2. Sontag has always been that rarity, a glamorous intellectual.: 桑塔格一直是那種兼具美貌與智慧的人中龍鳳。

3. Without continued learning, graduates will lose their intellectual vitality.: 如果不繼續學習，畢業生就會失去思想上的活力。

4. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation.: 在被占領期間法國思想界受到了壓制。

5. This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.: 從智識、道德和現實的角度來看，這一論點是站不住腳的。