intellect

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·tel·lect [intellect intellects] BrE [ˈɪntəlekt] NAmE [ˈɪntəlekt] noun
1. uncountable, countable the ability to think in a logical way and understand things, especially at an advanced level; your mind
•a man of considerable intellect
2. countable a very intelligent person
•She was one of the most formidable intellects of her time.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ legere ‘choose’.

Example Bank:
•She has a formidable intellect.
•She uses her powerful intellect to examine the relationship between human society and nature.
•A teacher recognized his outstanding intellect.
•He liked to think of himself as a man of intellect and learning.
•It was lack of opportunity, not lack of intellect, that excluded women from higher education.
•She was a brilliant scholar with a formidable intellect.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  intellectual, reason, understanding, mind