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connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things synonym mental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 推理小说
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2I 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。
(of a person )人 well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things 有才智的;智力发达的 Extra ExamplesShe'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。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.