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释义 | intelligentThese are all word used to describe someone who understands and learns new things easily. Intelligent, clever, and smart are all common ways of referring to someone who learns new things quickly and easily. Smart is more common in US English, and clever is more common in UK English. He seems like a very intelligent young man. I'm the cleverest kid in the class. She's incredibly smart and a great writer. The opposite of intelligent is unintelligent. Sometimes he comes across as quite unintelligent. Someone who is intelligent and learns quickly can be called bright. Bright is often used of children. Jacob was a very bright boy. Someone who is intelligent and quick to notice things is called sharp. Sharp is usually an approving word. How can we stay mentally sharp as we age? She's sharp. She'll make a great investigator. Someone who is extremely intelligent is sometimes described as brilliant. His father was a brilliant scholar. An intelligent person who has a special ability to do a particular thing very well can be described as gifted or talented. Gifted usually implies that your ability is not one you have to work hard for but comes naturally. Talented can mean that you have worked hard to do a thing very well, or that your ability comes naturally. She is a gifted mathematician. It is a treat to see such talented youngsters perform. The adjective intellectual can be used about someone who studies and understands complicated subjects and ideas. This course examines the most influential intellectual thinkers of modern times. The formal word cerebral can be used to describe someone who is intelligent and serious, and who enjoys serious thinking. He is a cerebral man who seems ill-suited to the role of political hero. Wise can be used to describe someone who is intelligent as the result of experience. Wise is an approving word. He sought help from a wise old teacher. A brainy person is intelligent. This word is informal. The film was about a teenage heartthrob who fell for the awkward brainy girl in school. Someone who is knowledgeable knows a lot of things, generally or about a particular subject. Declan is very knowledgeable about insects. If you describe someone as astute, you mean that they understand situations well and know how to take advantage of them. His father had a reputation as an astute businessman. Related articlesan intelligent person |
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