intellect

intellect
noun
  1. [mass noun]the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters
    （尤指分析理解抽象或学术问题的）客观思维能力，智力，才智
    he was a man of action rather than of intellect.
    他只知道埋头干而不动脑思考。
    ■[count noun]the understanding or mental powers of a particular person
    （某人的）领悟力，智力
    his keen intellect.
    他机敏的头脑。
    ■[count noun]a clever or intellectual person
    有才智的人
    sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects.
    逐步挖走我国一些最出色的才子。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin intellectus 'understanding', from intellegere 'understand' (see intelligent)
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