intellectual

• adj. 智力的；聪明的；理智的
• n. 知识分子；凭理智做事者

来自intellect,智力。

intellectual (adj.)

late 14c., "grasped by the understanding" (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel and directly from Latin intellectualis "relating to the understanding," from intellectus "discernment, understanding," from past participle stem of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence). Intellectual property attested from 1845. Other adjective formations included intellective (late 15c.), intellectile (1670s).

intellectual (n.)

1590s, "mind, intellect," from intellectual (adj.); sense of "an intellectual person" is from 1650s. Related: Intellectuals.

1. They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors.

他们非常势利，不喜欢智力和社会地位不如自己的人。

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2. Sontag has always been that rarity, a glamorous intellectual.

桑塔格一直是那种兼具美貌与智慧的人中龙凤。

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3. Without continued learning, graduates will lose their intellectual vitality.

如果不继续学习，毕业生就会失去思想上的活力。

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4. 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。

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5. This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.

从智识、道德和现实的角度来看，这一论点是站不住脚的。

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