① intellect是“才智,智能”,比intelligence(ability to learn and understand 聰穎,靈性)高,人類以外的動物可能是 intelligent,只有人類才具有 intellect。intellectual是“受過教育的”意思(highly educated)。intellect和intellectual都可作名詞表示人,intellect是指“才智很高的人”,intellectual是“知識分子”。
He was born into a family noted for its intellect. 他出身于一個書香門第。
A teacher is an intellectual worker. 教師是腦力勞動者。
A dog is more intelligent than a cat. 狗比貓更有靈性。
② wit指“機智”,作“理解力”解時常用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
The president's intelligence and wit enlivened his press conference. 總統(tǒng)的聰明與機智使他的記者招待會氣氛活躍。
He didn't have the wits to see that point. 他缺乏理解那一要點的能力。