His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it.
— Paterculus  ·  No category

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intelligence [ɪn'tɛlɪdʒəns] 词频2 词根: intel
n. 智力;聪颖;情报;情报机构;
💡 intel在…中间+lig选择，收集+ence名词后缀→从中选出好的→智力
"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足.
近义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
subject [ˈsʌbdʒekt] 词频1 词根: sub
n. 主题，话题;学科，科目;[哲]主观; adj. 须服从…的;（在君主等）统治下的; v. 提供，提出;使…隶属;
💡 sub在…下面+ject投掷，扔→扔下去→服从的，扔下去让大家讨论的主题 → 主题，主观；服从的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
近义：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize 反义：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
genius ['dʒinjəs] 词频2 词根: gen
n. 天才;天赋;天才人物;（特别的）才能;
💡 geni出生，产生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亚的天才
近义：sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack 反义：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
eloquence ['ɛləkwəns] 词频4 词根: locu
n. 口才，辩才;雄辩;雄辩术;修辞法;
💡 e出+loqu说话+ence名词后缀 → 雄辩，口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了.
近义：loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness 反义：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
illuminated [[i'lju:mineitid]]
a. 被照明的, 受启发的, 加了灯饰的, 加了彩饰的
近义：lamplit, lighted, lit, spotlit, clear 反义：somber, sombre, bistered, dim, dismal
seized
v. 抓住( seize的过去式和过去分词 ); 逮捕; 捉拿; 俘获

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