| 词汇 | polymath |
| 释义 | polymath noun[ C ] formalapprovinguk /ˈpɒl.i.mæθ/ us /ˈpɑː.li.mæθ/ a person who knows a lot about many different subjects博学的人 Intelligent people bluestocking bookish bookishly bookworm brain bright spark cerebral gnome intellect intellectual laureate longhair pretty sage scholar smart cookie smart-arse swot the intelligentsia wit Examples of polymathpolymath It included few professional astronomers but many physicians, men of letters, diplomats, students, polymaths, and variously educated gentlemen. We thought him past the best of his powers and knew nothing of his polymath nature. Readers will finish the book well satisfied, and unless they are real historical polymaths, much better informed than they were before they started. However, no longer do polymaths write about other polymaths, but specialists about polymaths. Something of a polymath, he created links across disciplines and advocated the idea that photosynthesis was adopted by bacteria that arose from the sea bed and subsequently colonised the land. A work like this could not be written, nor reviewed, by a single person as the necessary erudition cannot today be found even in one polymath. Fuller sees himself as a polymath, talking about a huge range of intellectual and political trends of the twentieth century. You will find that the eight places have to be filled by polymaths if you are to make it work at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of our goals for the 21st century should be to say goodbye to the schoolboy specialist and greet the schoolboy polymath. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cover the subjects raised one would have to be something of a polymath. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He must be a veritable polymath. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I give him full credit for initiating the debate and giving us all the information, indeed for being a veritable polymath—an engineer who can correct his own gerunds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a polymath, and performed research in the fields of geology, mineralogy, botany, chemistry, ethnography, petrology and karstology. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a great polymath, being a musician, astronomer, poet, inventor of the term geography and mathematician. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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