intellect: [14] Intellect and intelligent come from the same ultimate source: Latin intelligere ‘perceive, choose between’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix inter- ‘between’ and legere ‘gather, choose, read’ (source of English lecture, legible, etc). Its past participle intellectus came to be used as a noun meaning ‘perception, comprehension’, which English acquired as intellect via Old French; while its present participle intelligēns gave English intelligent [16].
The derivative intelligentsia [20] was borrowed from Russian intelligyentsia, which in turn came via Polish inteligiencja from Latin intelligentia ‘intelligence’. => intelligent, lecture, legible
intellect (n.)
late 14c. (but little used before 16c.), from Old French intellecte "intellectual capacity" (13c.), and directly from Latin intellectus "discernment, a perception, understanding," from noun use of past participle of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence).
双语例句
1. The intellect is not the most important thing in life.
才智不是生活中最重要的东西。
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2. She had the combined talents of toughness, intellect, experience and unsullied reputation.
她刚强果敢、才智超群、经验丰富，而且名声没有任何污点。
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3. Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?
情感与智力是并行发展的吗？
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4. I had finally met my match in power and intellect.
我终于遇上了与我在力量与智力上不相上下的劲敌。
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5. His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.
