intellect

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɪntəlɛkt/    美 /ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/|/ˈɪntəlekt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty. uncountable
    — Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
  2. The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person). uncountable
    — They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
  3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree. countable,uncountable
    — Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.

词形变化

intellects plural

词汇关系

衍生词
artilect intellected superintellect
相关词
intellectual intellectualism intellectualize intelligence intelligent intelligentsia intelligible mind

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.
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