ingenious

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a. 灵敏的, 精巧的, 聪明的

发音

US /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/

词形变化

more ingenious 比较级 most ingenious 最高级

别名

ingenius engenious

教材释义与例句

形容词

有独创性的；机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的

释义与例句

adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.

    有发明才能的

    巧妙

    聪明的

    热情的

    独创的

    This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.

  2. 2.

    Of a thing, characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.

    That is an ingenious model of the atom.

  3. 3.

    Showing originality or sagacity; witty.

    He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

clever cunning

近义相关 1

adroit

词源

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.

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