intellectual

英 [ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl]

美 [ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl]

adj.  智力的; 脑力的; 理智的; 有才智的; 智力发达的
n.  知识分子; 脑力劳动者

复数：intellectuals　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 智力的；脑力的；理智的
  connected with or using a person's ability to think in a logical way and understand things
  1. intellectual curiosity
     求知欲
  2. an intellectual novel
     推理小说
• 有才智的；智力发达的
  well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things
  1. She's very intellectual.
     她很聪慧。

noun

• 知识分子；脑力劳动者
  a person who is well educated and enjoys activities in which they have to think seriously about things

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 智力的;脑力的;理智的
  Intellectualmeans involving a person's ability to think and to understand ideas and information.
  1. High levels of lead could damage the intellectual development of children...
     铅含量过高会损害儿童的智力发展。
  2. He has written seven thrillers, and clearly enjoys intellectual pursuits.
     他已经写了7本惊悚小说,显然很喜欢这样的智力活动。
• N-COUNT 知识分子;脑力劳动者
  Anintellectualis someone who spends a lot of time studying and thinking about complicated ideas.
  1. ...teachers, artists and other intellectuals.
     教师、艺术家和其他知识分子
  2. Intellectualis also an adjective.
     
  3. They were very intellectual and witty.
     他们才思敏捷，风趣诙谐。
  4. ...an intellectual elite.
     知识分子精英

英英释义

noun

• a person who uses the mind creatively
  Synonym:intellect

adj

• appealing to or using the intellect
  1. satire is an intellectual weapon
  2. intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor
  3. has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people
  4. coldly intellectual
  5. sort of the intellectual type
  6. intellectual literature
• of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
  1. intellectual problems
  2. the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man
  Synonym:rationalnoetic
• involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
  1. a cerebral approach to the problem
  2. cerebral drama
  Synonym:cerebral

双语例句

• Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation
  在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
• The best and the brightest pupils competed to demonstrate their intellectual prowess.
  最出色、最聪明的学生们竞相展示他们的才智。
• Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.
  在周围一群泛泛之辈的衬托之下，他就像一个鹤立鸡群的智者。
• You have an intellectual rapport, a kind of easy companionship that makes me really jealous.
  你机智友善、平易近人，真是让我嫉妒。
• Newton was an intellectual giant.
  牛顿是一个智力巨人。
• She was a forceful intellectual unafraid to speak her mind.
  她是个很有魄力的知识分子，不惧怕说出自己的想法。
• He was an intellectual, scholarly man.
  他才华横溢，知识渊博。
• These advances were the result of the intellectual appliance of science.
  这些进步是巧妙应用科学的结果。
• She is not an intellectual, but is quick on the uptake
  她并不是个才智非凡的人，但理解力很强。
• The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct
  想在混乱中理出头绪是一种知性本能。