in·tel·lec·tu·al
adjective/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
- [usually before noun] connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
智力的；脑力的；理智的 - Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.
天才儿童通常表现出极大的求知欲和广泛的兴趣。 - an intellectual novel
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Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2- I don't think he has the intellectual skills necessary to study at this level.
我认为他不具备学习这个级别所需的智力技能。 - It can be very difficult to measure intellectual ability.
智力水平很难进行测验。 - She has a rigorously intellectual approach to the topic.
她对这个话题有着严格的理智态度。 - Students should be able to develop both their creative and intellectual powers.
学生应该能够发展他们的创造力和智力。 - Their political position is hard to justify in intellectual terms.
他们的政治立场很难用知识来证明。 - There wasn't much opportunity for intellectual discussion.
没有太多进行智力讨论的机会。 - You can't really appreciate art from a purely intellectual standpoint.
从纯理性的角度不可能真正地欣赏艺术。
- Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.
- (of a person) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things
有才智的；智力发达的 - She's very intellectual.
她很聪慧。
Extra Examples- She's extremely bright, but not really intellectual.
她非常聪明，但并不是真正的知识分子。 - The play was obviously written for an intellectual audience.
这部剧显然是为知识分子观众而写的。 - His works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time.
他的作品在当时很受知识精英欢迎。
- She's very intellectual.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.