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Language has been enriched with such terms as "highbrow", "egghead", "blue-stocking", "wiseacre", "know-all", "boffin" and, for many, "intellectual" is a term of denigration. 因为这些词语，比如，“卖弄知识的人”、“书呆子”、“女才子”、“自认聪明的人”、“自以为无所不知的人”，以及“研究员”，语言都变得丰富了起来，而且对大多数人来说，“知识分子”是一个诋毁的词语。 - 2
I'm no boffin, but I can spot a flaw in these tests. - 3
Mr Pinker, a professorof psychology at Harvard with a full head of energetically curly hair, isfamous for being super-clever in a relaxed, media-friendly, funky-boffin kindof way. 一头熠熠卷发的平克是哈佛大学的心理学教授，他是出了名的聪明过人，举止落落大方，谈吐平易近人，虽身为科学工作者却又不乏新潮感。
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