intellect

英['ɪntəlekt] 美['ɪntəlɛkt]

复数: intellects;

intellect 智力

intel-,在中间，来自inter-的变体，-lect,选择，选出，词源同collect,elite.即鉴别的能力，引申词义智力，才智。词义演变比较science.

intellect: 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).

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。

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。

5. His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.: 他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。