intellectual
adjective /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
- [usually before noun] connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
智力的；脑力的；理智的 - Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.
天才儿童通常表现出极大的求知欲和广泛的兴趣。 - an intellectual novel
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Topics Working lifeb2- I don't think he has the intellectual skills necessary to study at this level.
我认为他不具备这种水平学习所需的智力技能。 - It can be very difficult to measure intellectual ability.
智力水平很难进行测验。 - She has a rigorously intellectual approach to the topic.
她对这个话题有着严谨的理性态度。 - Students should be able to develop both their creative and intellectual powers.
学生应该能够发展他们的创造力和智力。 - Their political position is hard to justify in intellectual terms.
他们的政治立场很难从理论上得到证明。 - There wasn't much opportunity for intellectual discussion.
智力讨论的机会不多。 - You can't really appreciate art from a purely intellectual standpoint.
从纯理性的角度不可能真正地欣赏艺术。
- Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.
- (of a person
人 有才智的；智力发达的 - She's very intellectual.
她很聪慧。
- She's extremely bright, but not really intellectual.
她非常聪明，但不是真正的知识分子。 - The play was obviously written for an intellectual audience.
这出戏显然是为知识分子观众写的。 - His works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time.
他的作品在当时很受知识精英欢迎。
- She's very intellectual.
词源late Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.