intellectualize
verb(also intellectualise (British English also))
[transitive, intransitive] (sometimes disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intellectualize | |
| he / she / it intellectualizes | |
| past simple intellectualized | |
| past participle intellectualized | |
| -ing form intellectualizing |
- intellectualize (something)
to deal with or explain things by thinking about them in a logical way, rather than responding emotionally 智力化：通过逻辑思考而不是情感回应来处理或解释事物 Religious faith cannot be intellectualized. 宗教信仰不能智能化。 She said she did not intellectualize music and let the violins just wash over her. 她说她没有将音乐理智化，而是让小提琴淹没了她。 I think a lot of people have a tendency to intellectualize too much. 我觉得很多人都有过分知识化的倾向。