intelligence
英 [?n'tel?d?(?)ns]
美 [?n't?l?d??ns]
- n. 智力；情報(bào)工作；情報(bào)機(jī)關(guān)；理解力
助記提示
1. inter- "between" + lig- "choose, pick out" + -ence => intelligence ( inter- 尾部的字母r被同化為l, 這與com-，ab-，sub-等前綴的同化的原理和原因是相同的。).
2. => choose between, pick out between. => 從...中將其識(shí)別、區(qū)分出來(lái)。=> 引申為：understand,comprehend.
中文詞源
intelligence 智力，才智來(lái)自intelligent,聰明的，有才智的。
英文詞源
- intelligence (n.)
- late 14c., "faculty of understanding," from Old French intelligence (12c.), from Latin intelligentia, intellegentia "understanding, power of discerning; art, skill, taste," from intelligentem (nominative intelligens) "discerning," present participle of intelligere "to understand, comprehend," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + legere "choose, pick out, read" (see lecture (n.)).
Meaning superior understanding, sagacity" is from early 15c. Sense of "information, news" first recorded mid-15c., especially "secret information from spies" (1580s). Intelligence quotient first recorded 1921 (see I.Q.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
- 他把聰明都用在了犯罪上，太可惜了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
- 情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)策劃了一項(xiàng)暗殺陸軍部長(zhǎng)的重大計(jì)劃。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
- 聯(lián)合國(guó)觀察員和西方情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)之間密切合作。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.
- 當(dāng)然，識(shí)字和智力是兩碼事。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.
- 這是第一臺(tái)作為商品出售的采用人工智能技術(shù)的機(jī)器。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句