the ability to invent things or solve problems in clever new ways synonym inventiveness独创力;聪明才智;心灵手巧 The problem tested the ingenuity of even the most imaginative students. 这个问题考验了即使是最有想象力的学生的创造力。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2Getting out of this mess was going to require a fair degree of ingenuity. 要摆脱这一混乱局面需要具备相当程度的聪明才智。 It didn't take much ingenuity to transform the door into a table. 把门板改造成桌子没有动多少脑筋。 The children showed a lot of ingenuity. 孩子们表现出极高的才智。 There is always a solution, so long as you are prepared to use your ingenuity. 只要愿意运用你的聪明才智,总会找到解决的办法。 They adapted the available materials with great ingenuity. 他们以非凡的才智改造了现有的材料。 We have to admire his ingenuity in redesigning the machinery. 我们不得不钦佩他在重新设计机器方面的创造能力。 someone who has the ingenuity to solve problems 善于解决问题的人
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (also in the senses ‘nobility’ and ‘ingenuousness’): from Latin ingenuitas ‘ingenuousness’, from ingenuus ‘inborn’. The current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious.