intelligent

bright, clever, wise, brilliant, intelligent, ingenious, smart, shrewd

形容词 intelligent:

1. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
2. possessing sound knowledge
   同义词：well-informed
3. exercising or showing good judgment
   同义词：healthy, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
4. endowed with the capacity to reason
   同义词：reasoning, thinking

1. Though very intelligent, she is nevertheless rather modest.
   她很聪明，倒也很谦虚。
2. Though unprepossessingto look at he is highly intelligent.
   他虽然相貌平平，但却很有才气。
3. Maybe the earth has been visited by intelligent creatures from outer space.
   也许太空的智慧生物已经访问过地球。
4. My teacher is as kind as (she is) intelligent.
   我的老师不但善良而且聪慧。
5. Man can be incredibly intelligent at the point of danger.
   人类在危险时就会异常机智。
6. He is an intelligent boy, but he is very unsure of himself.
   他是个聪明的孩子，却封自己很没有信心。
7. Someone as intelligent as you should go far.
   像你这样聪明的人一定很有作为。
8. The student gave an intelligent answer.
   这个学生给出了一个聪明的回答。

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adj.（形容词）
Having intelligence.
有智力的
Having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute.
聪颖的，聪明的：有较高智力水平；聪明的
Showing sound judgment and rationality:
明智的，深思熟虑的：显示出可靠的判断和推理的：
例句：
an intelligent decision; an intelligent solution to the budget problem.
深思熟虑的决定；对预算问题的合理的解决办法

Appealing to the intellect; intellectual:
需用智力的；动脑的：
例句：
a film with witty and intelligent dialogue.
对白风趣睿智的电影

Computer Science Having certain data storage and processing capabilities:
【计算机科学】 智能的：具有数据储存和处理能力的：
例句：
an intelligent terminal; intelligent peripherals.
智能终端；智能外部设备

来源：
Latin intelligôns intelligent- [present participle of] intellegere, intelligere [to perceive]
拉丁语 intelligôns intelligent- [] intellegere, intelligere的现在分词 [领悟]
inter- [inter-]
inter- [在…之间]
legere [to choose] * see leg-
legere [选择] *参见 leg-

【引伸】
intel.ligen.tial
intel.ligently
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>intelligent,bright,brilliant,knowing,quick-witted,smart,intellectualThese adjectives mean having or showing mental keenness.
这些形容词都表达具有或显示出思维的快捷性。
Intelligent usually implies the ability to cope with demands arising from novel situations and new problems and to use the power of reasoning and inference effectively:
Intelligent 通常指应付新情况和新问题所需的能力和有效地使用推理和推断力的能力：
例句：
The most intelligent students do additional reading to supplement the material in the textbook.
最聪明的学生用增加阅读量来补充课本的内容。

Bright implies quickness or ease in learning:
Bright 指学习迅速或轻松：
例句：
Some children are brighter in one subject than in another.
一些孩子在某课目上比另一科要学得快。

Brilliant suggests unusually impressive mental acuteness:
Brilliant 指思维不同寻常的敏捷：
例句：
.The dullard`s envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. (Max Beerbohm).
蠢人对智者的妒忌总是被智者将不得善终的怀疑所平息. （麦克斯·比尔博姆）。

Knowing implies the possession of knowledge, information, or understanding:
Knowing 指具有知识、信息或理解能力：
例句：
Knowing furniture collectors bought American antiques before the prices soared.
老练的家具收藏者在价格飞涨之前购买了美国古董。

Quick-witted suggests mental alertness and prompt response:
Quickwitted 指精神上的敏捷和迅速的反应：
例句：
We were successful not because we were quick-witted but because we persevered.
我们之所以成功不是因为我们机智，而是因为我们坚韧不拔。

Smart refers to quick intelligence and often a ready capability for taking care of one`s own interests:
Smart 指快速的领悟力和随时维护自己利益的能力：
例句：
The smartest lawyers avoid the appearance of manipulating juries.
最聪明的律师避免让人看上去是在控制陪审团。

Intellectual stresses the working of the intellectand especially implies the capacity to grasp difficult or abstract concepts:
Intellectual 强调智力的作用，尤其是掌握困难或抽象概念的能力：
例句：
The scholar`s interest in the intellectual and analytical aspect of music didn`t prevent her from enjoying concerts.
这位学者对音乐悟性和分析方面的兴趣并不影响她欣赏音乐会