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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
intellectual
in·tel·lec·tual [intellectual intellectuals] adjective, noun BrE [ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl] NAmE [ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl]
adjective
1. usually before noun connected with or using a person's ability to think in a logical way and understand things
Syn: ↑mental
•intellectual curiosity
•an intellectual novel
2. (of a person)well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things
•She's very intellectual.
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.
Thesaurus:
intellectual adj.
1. usually before noun
•His approach to art was intellectual rather than practical.
theoretical • • abstract • • academic • • psychological • • mental • • philosophical • |formal conceptual •
Opp: physical
an intellectual/a theoretical/an abstract/an academic/a psychological/sb's mental/a philosophical/a conceptual approach
intellectual/theoretical/abstract/academic/philosophical discussion/argument/debate
2.
•Not all college students are highly intellectual!
literary • • studious • • scholarly • |formal learned • |approving cultured • |sometimes disapproving highbrow • • bookish •
a/an intellectual/literary/studious young/scholarly/learned/cultured/bookish man/woman
(a/an) intellectual/literary/scholarly/learned/highbrow/cultured readers/readership
a/an intellectual/literary/scholarly/cultured elite
Example Bank:
•Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.
•His works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time.
•I don't think he has the intellectual skills necessary to study at this level.
•It can be very difficult to measure intellectual ability.
•She has a rigorously intellectual approach to the topic.
•She's extremely bright, but not really intellectual.
•Students should be able to develop both their creative and intellectual powers.
•The play was obviously written for an intellectual audience.
•Their political position is hard to justify in intellectual terms.
•There wasn't much opportunity for intellectual discussion.
•You can't really appreciate art from a purely intellectual standpoint.
Derived Words: ↑intellectualism ▪ ↑intellectually
noun
a person who is well educated and enjoys activities in which they have to think seriously about things
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.
Example Bank:
•one of the leading intellectuals of his generation
•Few people would regard him as an intellectual, though he speaks with great wisdom.
•He was a leading intellectual of his day.
•Left-wing intellectuals were purged from the universities.
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