intellectual

英 [ˌɪntə'lektʃuəl] 美 [ˌɪntə'lektʃuəl]

• n. 凭理智做事者；知识分子
• adj. 智力的；聪明的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]智力的; 善于思维的

   concerning the intellect; of interested in or able to deal with things of the mind

n. (名词)

1. [C]知识分子

   a person who has the ability to reason well, and who uses this ability in their work

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 知识分子
2. 有很高智力的人
3. 精神
4. 知识界
5. 脑力劳动者，劳心者
6. 凭理智做事者
7. 有知识者
8. 爱用智力的人，爱动脑筋的人

adj. 形容词

1. 智力的，脑力的
2. 理智的
3. 需智力的
4. 聪明的，智力发达的
5. 理性的
6. 凭理智行事的
7. 打动别人理智的
8. 知识分子的
9. 知识上的
10. 知识产权的
11. 知性的
12. 善于思维的
13. 有才智的
14. 智能的
15. 用理智的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who uses the mind creatively

Adjective:

1. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind;

   "intellectual problems"
   "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
   

2. appealing to or using the intellect;

   "satire is an intellectual weapon"
   "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"
   "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"
   "coldly intellectual"
   "sort of the intellectual type"
   "intellectual literature"
   

3. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct;

   "a cerebral approach to the problem"
   "cerebral drama"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.
   他喜欢自命为知识分子。
2. These views were common among intellectuals.
   这些观点在知识分子中很普遍。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The argument was too intellectual for me; I couldn't follow a word of it.
   这场争论对我来说太深奥了，我一点都搞不明白。
2. Chess is a highly intellectual game.
   象棋是需用高度智力的运动项目。
3. We admired his intellectual providence to acquire vast stores of dry information.
   我们钦佩他收集大量原始资料的远见卓识。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Maths is an intellectual exercise.
   数学是一种智力训练。
2. Do you know the intellectual property rights?
   你知道什么是知识产权吗?
3. She is an intellectual woman.
   她是一个有才华的女人。

用作名词 (n.)

1. His father is a high intellectual.
   他父亲是名高级知识分子。
2. These views were common among intellectuals.
   这些观点在知识分子中很普遍。

经典引文

• Spiritually bankrupt Intellectual snobs.

  出自： L. MacNeice

• The moment of his greatest intellectual awakening was his discovery of the geometry of Euclid.

  出自： A. J. Ayer

• They applied their intellectual energies..to the practical details of domestic life.

  出自： F. Weldon

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• intellectual education 智育
• intellectual pursuit 用智力的工作
• intellectual process 理智作用

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• bright〔young〕 intellectuals 聪明〔年轻〕的知识分子
• highly qualified intellectuals 高级知识分子

介词+～

• among intellectuals 在知识分子当中
• a play〔book〕 for the intellectuals 为知识分子所写的剧本〔书〕

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. intellectual用作形容词的意思是“智力的,善于思维的”,可用于人、人的言行或特性,侧重于人的才华。在句中一般用作定语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bookish
• mental
• scholarly
• thoughtful
• intellect
• scholar
• thinker

【反义词】

• fleshly
• physical
• stupid
• idiot
• lowbrow