intellect

noun

/ˈɪntəlekt/

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[uncountable, countable] the ability to think in a logical way and understand things, especially at an advanced level; your mind（尤指高等的）智力，逻辑思维领悟力
- a man of considerable intellect相当有才智的人
Extra Examples
- She has a formidable intellect.她有着惊人的才华。
- She uses her powerful intellect to examine the relationship between human society and nature.她运用自己的聪明才智研究人类社会与自然的关系。
- A teacher recognized his outstanding intellect.一位老师认识到他才智超群。
- He liked to think of himself as a man of intellect and learning.他喜欢认为自己是一个有才智和学识的人。
- It was lack of opportunity, not lack of intellect, that excluded women from higher education.将妇女排除在高等教育之外的是缺乏机会，而不是缺乏智力。
- She was a brilliant scholar with a formidable intellect.她是个才气逼人的杰出学者。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- brilliant
- formidable
- great
- …
verb + intellect
- have
- use
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[countable] a very intelligent person智力高的人；才智超群的人
- She was one of the most formidable intellects of her time.她是当时的一名盖世英才。

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.