intelligence
英 [?n'tel?d?(?)ns]
美 [?n't?l?d??ns]
助記提示
1. inter- "between" + lig- "choose, pick out" + -ence => intelligence ( inter- 尾部的字母r被同化為l, 這與com-，ab-，sub-等前綴的同化的原理和原因是相同的。).
2. => choose between, pick out between. => 從...中將其識別、區分出來。=> 引申為：understand,comprehend.
中文詞源
intelligence 智力，才智來自intelligent,聰明的，有才智的。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
- 他把聰明都用在了犯罪上，太可惜了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
- 情報機構策劃了一項暗殺陸軍部長的重大計劃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
- 聯合國觀察員和西方情報機構之間密切合作。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.
- 當然，識字和智力是兩碼事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.
- 這是第一臺作為商品出售的采用人工智能技術的機器。
來自柯林斯例句