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单词 intellectual
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intellectual

adjective
 
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
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  1.  
    [usually before noun] connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things synonym mental
    • Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.
    • an intellectual novel
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    • I don't think he has the intellectual skills necessary to study at this level.
    • It can be very difficult to measure intellectual ability.
    • She has a rigorously intellectual approach to the topic.
    • Students should be able to develop both their creative and intellectual powers.
    • Their political position is hard to justify in intellectual terms.
    • There wasn't much opportunity for intellectual discussion.
    • You can't really appreciate art from a purely intellectual standpoint.
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  2.  
    (of a person) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things
    • She's very intellectual.
    Extra Examples
    • She's extremely bright, but not really intellectual.
    • The play was obviously written for an intellectual audience.
    • His works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.

intellectual

noun
 
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
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  1. a person who is well educated and enjoys activities in which they have to think seriously about things
    • He was a leading intellectual of his day.
    Extra Examples
    • Few people would regard her as an intellectual, though she speaks with great wisdom.
    • Left-wing intellectuals were purged from the universities.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.
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