| 单词 | intelligent |
| 释义 | in·tel·li·gent I. 1. a. < assumes the existence of other worlds peopled by intelligent beings > b. < in the other kind of behavior, often called intelligent, the animal is able to benefit from its past experience — New Biology > 2. a. < Puritanism presupposed an intelligent clergy capable of interpreting Scripture — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > < though she could not read, both her face and conversation were intelligent — Willa Cather > b. < an intelligent decision > < intelligent propaganda > < an intelligent essay > 3. a. < an intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears — R.L.Stevenson > b. archaic Synonyms: < what should a mature and intelligent nation do in such a crisis? … we ought to keep our heads … be alert to really serious dangers — Elmer Davis > < it is fairly easy for any intelligent mother to know when the baby is hungry — Morris Fishbein > knowing may indicate ability to know or possession of special knowledge; it often applies to intimations of special information or sophistication < the knowing collectors of records — Saturday Review > < the two young officers exchanged knowing glances — W.M.Thackeray > brilliant indicates uncommon, quick, shining mental keenness, capacity, achievement against difficulty < a shrewd sensible man, only not brilliant — George Meredith > < first revealed with bitter and brilliant incisiveness the cynical desperation of early postwar adolescents — American Guide Series: Minnesota > smart suggests quickness in perceiving, in cannily calculating, or in successful resourcefulness < he was top of the class, and the master said he was the smartest lad in the school — D.H.Lawrence > < for hundreds of years the smartest businessmen in the world have been coming in to the City of London — D.W.Brogan > smart may indicate facetious pertness < smart retorts are also cherished, especially by the young — L.J.Davidson > bright indicates a lively alert quickness in learning and understanding < the teachers all knew he was bright as brass … he took every last one of the prizes — Ellen Glasgow > < foreordained that any bright person ought to have seen it coming — Harper's > quick-witted indicates quickness in arising to an occasion, in perceiving and coping with problems or dangers < a quick-witted debater hard to entangle or confuse > < making their way through enemy territory under the quick-witted leadership of the captain > clever may suggest quick, apt facility at improvising, finding expedients, contriving to cope with problems < clever boys and girls like to test their minds on difficulties — Bertrand Russell > < he was a clever lawyer … and had the jury eating out of his hand — Dorothy Sayers > alert indicates a wide-awake care about and concern with any emergent development that might have been unnoticed < alert and wary, making off at the first alarm — James Stevenson-Hamilton > < alert to this need, Congress authorized five military highways — American Guide Series: Michigan > Synonym: see in addition mental. II. 1. obsolete 2. III. 1. < an intelligent terminal > — compare dumb herein 2. < an intelligent office copier > |
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