intelligence

英 [ɪn'telɪdʒ(ə)ns] 美 [ɪn'tɛlɪdʒəns]
  • n. 智力;情报工作;情报机关;理解力

助记提示


1. inter- "between" + lig- "choose, pick out" + -ence => intelligence ( inter- 尾部的字母r被同化为l, 这与com-,ab-,sub-等前缀的同化的原理和原因是相同的。).
2. => choose between, pick out between. => 从...中将其识别、区分出来。=> 引申为:understand,comprehend.

中文词源


intelligence 智力,才智

来自intelligent,聪明的,有才智的。

英文词源


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.).

双语例句


1. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
他把聪明都用在了犯罪上,太可惜了。

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2. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
情报机构策划了一项暗杀陆军部长的重大计划。

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3. The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
联合国观察员和西方情报机构之间密切合作。

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4. Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.
当然,识字和智力是两码事。

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5. It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.
这是第一台作为商品出售的采用人工智能技术的机器。

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