| 单词 | sapience |
| 释义 | sapience (once / 45459 pages) n Sapience is the quality of being wise, or wisdom. When voters are choosing a candidate, they usually hope for one with at least a degree of sapience. Many people believe that when we grow older, our sapience also increases as we gain experience and knowledge. Sapience in an important quality in a good teacher or mentor, since students can benefit from that wisdom. Sapience is an Old French word that comes from the Latin sapientia, "good taste, good sense, intelligence, or wisdom." The Proto-Indo-European root is sep-, "to taste or to perceive." WORD FAMILYsapience: sapiences+/sapient: sapience, sapienter, sapiently USAGE EXAMPLESSo it began to use a software system called Buddy, which is made by Sapience, an Indian firm that is expanding into the American market. New York Times(Aug 17, 2015) It is also about the fate of the idea clumsily translated into English as “sapience” and embodied by artists and craftsmen like Borromini. New York Times(Mar 19, 2015) Where do we draw the line between sapience and sentience And most crucially, what is the definition of being human? The Verge(Nov 06, 2014) n ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight Syn|Hypo|Hyper wisdom astuteness, deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas discernment, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacitythe mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations eyegood discernment (either visually or as if visually) common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sensesound practical judgment judiciousnessgood judgment circumspection, discreetness, discretion, prudenceknowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress indiscreetness, injudiciousnesslacking good judgment know-how the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something |
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