intelligent

adjective

/ɪnˈtelɪdʒənt/

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good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability有才智的；悟性强的；聪明的
- a highly intelligent child非常聪明的孩子
- She is clearly extremely intelligent.她显然非常聪明。
- to have an intelligent conversation/discussion/debate进行明智的谈话/讨论/辩论
- to ask an intelligent question问一个机智的问题
Synonyms intelligent
intelligent
- smart
- clever
- brilliant
- bright
These words all describe people who are good at learning, understanding and thinking about things, and the actions that show this ability.
- intelligent good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability:
  He’s a highly intelligent man.他是一个很有才智的人。
  She asked a lot of intelligent questions.她问了许多机智的问题。
- smart (especially North American English) quick at learning and understanding things; showing the ability to make good business or personal decisions:指聪明的、机敏的、精明的：
  She’s smarter than her brother.她比她哥哥聪明。
  That was a smart career move.那是个人事业发展上的明智之举。
- clever (sometimes disapproving, especially British English) quick at learning and understanding things; showing this ability:
  How clever of you to work it out!你解决了这个问题真是太聪明了。
  He’s too clever by half, if you ask me.恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。
  People use clever in the phrase : Clever boy/girl! to tell a young child that they have learnt or done something well. When used to or about an adult clever can be disapproving.
- brilliant extremely intelligent or showing a lot of skill:
  He’s a brilliant young scientist.他是一个才华横溢的青年科学家。
- bright intelligent; quick to learn:
  She’s probably the brightest student in the class.她大概是班里最聪明的学生。
  Bright is used especially to talk about young people. Common collocations of bright include girl, boy, kid, student, pupil.
Patterns
- clever/brilliant at something
- a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant/bright child/boy/girl/man/woman
- a(n) intelligent/smart/clever/brilliant thing to do
opposite unintelligent
Extra Examples
- He should be able to solve the problem. He's reasonably intelligent.他还算是比较聪明，应该能解决这个问题。
- Why do otherwise intelligent people take this event so seriously?这些平时挺聪明的人为什么会对这件事如此认真呢？
- a highly intelligent woman一名高智商女性
- He's a highly intelligent man.他是一个很有才智的人。
- She asked a lot of intelligent questions.她问了许多机智的问题。
Topics Personal qualitiesa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
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adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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(of an animal, a being, etc.动物、生物等) able to understand and learn things有智力的；有理解和学习能力的
- Elephants are intelligent creatures and enjoy interacting with humans.大象是聪明的生物，喜欢与人类互动。
- a search for intelligent life on other planets在其他行星上探索有智力的生命
(computing计算机) (of a computer, program, etc.计算机、程序等) able to store information and use it in new situations智能的
- intelligent robots/algorithms智能机器人/算法

Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin intelligent- ‘understanding’, from the verb intelligere, variant of intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.

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