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单词 intelligence
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intelligence
(ɪntelɪdʒəns )
1. uncountable noun B2
Intelligence is the quality of being intelligent or clever.
She's a woman of exceptional intelligence.
Synonyms: intellect, understanding, brains [informal], mind  
2. uncountable noun B2
Intelligence is the ability to think, reason, and understand instead of doing things automatically or by instinct.
Nerve cells, after all, do not have intelligence of their own.
3. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Intelligence is information that is gathered by the government or the army about their country's enemies and their activities.
She first moved into the intelligence services 22 years ago.
The purpose of intelligence is to provide information on how the enemy can be beaten.
Why was military intelligence so lacking?
Synonyms: espionage, spying, surveillance, information gathering  
Quotations:
Intelligence is characterised by a natural incomprehension of lifeHenri BergsonL'Évolution Créatrice
Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensityAlbert CamusThe Rebel
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to functionF. Scott FitzgeraldThe Crack-Up
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they areGeorge SantayanaThe Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense
Intelligence ... is really a kind of taste: taste in ideasSusan SontagNotes on Camp
Collocations:
collect intelligence
One job of an intelligence agency is to collect intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The squad collects intelligence on militants and offers tactical advice to forces on policing demos.
The Sun (2010)
MI6 is the service which collects intelligence overseas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
glean intelligence
Intelligence was gleaned from new arrivals to the camp.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Once trust is gained, they are able to glean intelligence from the terrorists and make contact with others higher up the chain.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A refusal to accept intelligence gleaned by other countries with dubious methods entails a difficult choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
insult the intelligence of
During the Second World War public information was highly successful as it didn't insult the intelligence of the public and gave unambiguous guidance.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There has been an upsurge of interest in artists who challenge instead of insult the intelligence of listeners.
The Sun (2013)
Unless you actually enjoy having your intelligence insulted, avoid this at all costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
intelligence network
He was an astute judge of character and political moods, ran a formidable intelligence network, hoovered up gossip and dispensed patronage.
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This intelligence network broke down when his athletes simply got too good.
Times, Sunday Times
You won't get anywhere in office life without building an intelligence network.
Times, Sunday Times
The intelligence network continued to report throughout 1972 and 1973 on coup plotting activities.
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The group had significant monetary resources available and kept an informal intelligence network.
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intelligence official
A former intelligence official stated we spent millions of dollars chasing false alarms.
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We're getting names, the different camps they trained at, the hierarchy, the infighting, says an intelligence official.
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This also has been denied by an intelligence official.
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Intelligence officials fear he might be tempted to publish highly classified documents believed to contain details of intelligence techniques and the identities of agents.
Times, Sunday Times
Intelligence officials had foiled six plots in the past year, he said, calling on internet giants to help in the fight.
Times, Sunday Times
intelligence operative
We can only speculate as to why such a top intelligence operative should turn whistle-blower.
Times, Sunday Times
He was no longer an intelligence operative.
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Intelligence operatives have wormed their way into every level of his circle.
Times, Sunday Times
The envoys - all described as intelligence operatives - were given 72 hours to pack their bags for acting in a 'manner inconsistent with their diplomatic status'.
The Sun
His fans lauded him as one of the most talented intelligence operatives of his generation.
Times, Sunday Times
intelligence personnel
The remote viewers, often former intelligence personnel, were suspected of relying too much on their prior knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times
If all the control order suspects were to be placed under round-the-clock surveillance, that would probably demand the daily involvement of some five hundred police and intelligence personnel.
Times, Sunday Times
If the nations are allies, many of the intelligence personnel may be known and actively cooperating.
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Intelligence personnel, as well as end consumers, need their equivalent of reference books and encyclopedias.
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Other specialist staff were navigation, signals and intelligence personnel.
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intelligence professionals
In taking this position, he became a hero to intelligence professionals worldwide who, rightly so, were furious that those committees had unnecessarily endangered hundreds of agents by revealing their names.
Globe and Mail
It was intended as an enabler of net-centric warfare that would facilitate defense and intelligence professionals making rapid decisions based on integrated, comprehensive information.
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Some firms hire competitor intelligence professionals to obtain this information.
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intelligence report
Staff logged a 'security intelligence report' and this was passed on to police liaison officers at the jail.
The Sun
Both incidents form part of his police intelligence report.
Times, Sunday Times
The secret projecthas been a success so far, a leaked intelligence report has revealed.
The Sun
The second military intelligence report contradicted this, stating that there was no official secret.
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Dismissing the intelligence report as exaggerated, he led three companies on a reconnaissance across the river.
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intelligence sharing
A smaller number of larger forces would break down barriers to intelligence sharing and effective investigation.
Times,Sunday Times
These will cover our bases overseas, security and intelligence sharing relationships, transport, data and medicines.
The Sun
The realities of intelligence sharing, however, are not so simple, and security and transparency make for awkward bedfellows.
Times, Sunday Times
But he said that intelligence sharing was getting better.
Times, Sunday Times
The impact on intelligence sharing between the two nations was 'to be determined,' he said.
Times, Sunday Times
intelligence source
The security services should look very carefully at the intelligence source responsible for these arrests.
The Sun
The next day he claimed he was told he had been accepted as an intelligence source.
Times, Sunday Times
An intelligence source said that a major military research centre for chemical arms production was located near the city.
Times, Sunday Times
Last week's arrests will become a 'catalyst' for adopting more stringent vetting procedures in the army, one military intelligence source said.
Times, Sunday Times
An intelligence source claimed the security service had let down many agents and officers.
Times, Sunday Times
intelligence specialist
Each team has two snipers, one medic, one negotiator, an explosive ordnance disposal expert, a communications specialist, an intelligence specialist, and eight tactical assaulters.
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Individuals may also be identified who are of interest to counterintelligence or to technical intelligence specialists.
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But current and former intelligence specialists caution that such meetings occur just as often between enemies as friends.
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intelligence unit
Plans are afoot to expand its own intelligence unit still further with the appointment of eight more intelligence analysts.
Times, Sunday Times
Report to the praesidium intelligence unit, restricted access.
Times, Sunday Times
The group operates an intelligence unit that keeps tabs on the workings of the far right and gets information from people inside the movement.
Times, Sunday Times
The email was passed on to the intelligence unit and the police said they would watch my home.
Times, Sunday Times
The financial intelligence unit was set up to analyse and disseminate reports of suspicious activity from the regulated financial sector.
Times, Sunday Times
intelligence warning
In a televised address he said that foreign intelligence warning of an impending attack had not been passed to him.
Times, Sunday Times
The government admission that a foreign intelligence warning of an imminent attack was ignored has enraged the public, some still searching for loved ones, others burying their dead.
Times, Sunday Times
Others said that intelligence warnings in the preceding weeks had not been acted upon.
Times, Sunday Times
Prior to the battle commencing, the garrison had received intelligence warning them of the attack.
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It directs federal agencies to share cyber threat intelligence warnings to any private sector entity identified as a target.
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measure of intelligence
They had advocated the analysis of reaction time and sensory acuity as measures of neurophysiological efficiency and the analysis of sensory acuity as a measure of intelligence.
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Researchers found that first-borns tended to score higher on objective measures of intelligence, and to rate their intelligence more highly than younger siblings.
Times, Sunday Times
All of the subjects were post-tested three years later using five other measures of intelligence and cognitive ability.
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The mean correlation with these general measures of intelligence was 0.65.
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For non-verbal measures of intelligence, a mean correlation of 0.65 was found.
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military intelligence
She quickly secured a position in military intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The PM should urge the West to help with anti-tank guns, surveillance drones, military intelligence, and training.
The Sun (2015)
Byzantium increasingly relied on Venetian military intelligence and assistance.
Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State (2006)
musical intelligence
The rehearsals were a delight and the concerts that followed revealed her supreme musical intelligence and dedication.
Times, Sunday Times
His political and philosophical pronouncements were often bizarre, yet his searching musical intelligence allowed him to create a number of very beautiful works.
Times, Sunday Times
Her performances were noted for their musical intelligence and sophistication.
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Everything had been thought out by a mind brimming with musical intelligence.
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They appreciate his elegant and expressive phrasing, velvety tone, musical intelligence and acting qualities.
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raw intelligence
They also mention the prime minister's rash enthusiasm for viewing raw intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times
It was not just that the raw intelligence was not subject to full scrutiny and analysis.
Times, Sunday Times
The prime minister received raw intelligence suggesting it was likely just two days before the invasion.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a tool for employers to see how valuable, or otherwise, their employees are, and for entrepreneurs to show off their raw intelligence to possible investors.
Times, Sunday Times
Raw intelligence wins out over the gift of the gab, however acquired.
Times, Sunday Times
reliable intelligence
As the bulk of the international troops withdraw, the reliance on special forces and air power for security will increase but reliable intelligence on the ground will be diminished.
Times, Sunday Times
Successes required reliable intelligence and raids often brought no result -- or sometimes worse.
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Often a once reliable intelligence source agent will become a fabricator due to financial problems or greed.
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secret intelligence
The jury would be unable to see relevant secret intelligence if it was judged that it risked national security.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A British wartime hero supplied secret intelligence to the Japanese that helped them to plan and execute their attack on Pearl Harbor.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Obviously, a secret intelligence service must be allowed to keep its secrets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
sensitive intelligence
Administration officials insisted that the tribunals were the best way to protect sensitive intelligence information.
Times, Sunday Times
Sensitive intelligence should be treated with the utmost respect.
Times, Sunday Times
Successive governments have denied this, but have also claimed an inability to counter his claims effectively without revealing sensitive intelligence information.
Times, Sunday Times
The aim was to ensure that sensitive intelligence material, such as phonetap evidence, could be submitted without being divulged to jurors or the public.
Times, Sunday Times
Ministers say they cannot fight cases unless sensitive intelligence evidence can be heard in secret.
The Sun
share intelligence
The UK would be forced to share intelligence with the rest of Europe under the scheme.
The Sun (2008)
Britain and the US are sharing all intelligence on suspected terrorist activity because of the high risk of a plot involving transatlantic flights.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
MI6 spies at GCHQ will continue to share intelligence with the US.
The Sun (2013)
signals intelligence
Global eavesdropping GCHQ runs a network of listening posts and powerful computers engaged in signals intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Thus his working life came a full circle after his war years in India with signals intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
France's own signals intelligence capability is small-scale when compared to America's National Security Agency.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
sophisticated intelligence
His plans were rejected but measures introduced included a ban on alcohol in grounds, searching fans entering stadiums, better segregation and more sophisticated intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a very sophisticated intelligence and security operation.
Times, Sunday Times
This usually relates to the need to stay clandestine, potentially against an opposing force with sophisticated intelligence capabilities.
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specific intelligence
Sources say they have no specific intelligence of an imminent attack.
The Sun (2010)
The police refused to say whether the body was found during a general search or as a result of specific intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He added: 'Our plans are purely precautionary and not as a result of any specific intelligence'.
The Sun (2015)
superior intelligence
Through various machinations involving their superior intelligence, the geeks, ridiculed at the start of the film, had triumphed magnificently by the end.
Times, Sunday Times
The progress of humanity seems to have come to a halt, and you with your superior intelligence will know why.
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They were aware of his superior intelligence, his tenacity when he faced them in negotiations for autonomy and ceasefire.
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A choreographer of superior intelligence, lyricism, and wit...
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Robots and similar creations, including cyborgs, can have superior intelligence when they are created as sentient beings.
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tactical intelligence
There is no question about his tactical intelligence.
The Sun (2014)
She combined tactical intelligence with speed and strength to take silver in the road race.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He admitted that his team had lacked the tactical intelligence to counteract Monaco's very obvious game plan.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
underestimate the intelligence of
Feedback's response was the old adage: never underestimate the intelligence of your readers, but never overestimate their knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times
He believed that it was a mistake to underestimate the intelligence of the viewing public.
Times, Sunday Times
Companies that woke-wash underestimate the intelligence of their customers and the backlash that such cynical peacocking can unleash.
Times, Sunday Times
But, for the moment, let us opt not to underestimate the intelligence of any group, including bankers.
Times, Sunday Times
But politicians sometimes underestimate the intelligence of electors.
Times, Sunday Times
valuable intelligence
They often gained valuable intelligence that saved British lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He said that would jeopardise valuable intelligence by making questioning too soft.
The Sun (2011)
They jail extremists and exchange valuable intelligence with the West.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Translations:
Chinese: 智力
Japanese: 知能
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