A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.
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section ['sɛkʃən] 词频1 词根: sect
n. 部分;节;部件;部门; vi. 切开;切断;做(动物或植物组织)切片;把(精神病患者)正式送入精神病院; vt. 把…切成片(或段);作…的切片;把…作成截面;制作…的剖面图;
💡 sect切, 割+ion名词后缀 → 切开;部门
"The baby was born by Caesarean section."
那婴儿是施行剖宫产手术出生的。
近义:part, segment, split, compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut
devoid [dɪ'vɔɪd] 词频5 词根: vac
adj. 缺乏,没有;
💡 de使…成为,加强+void空→使...成为空的→无...的,缺乏…的
"The letter was devoid of warmth and feeling."
这封信既无热情又无感情。
近义:incomplete, lacking, short, unprovided, void, wanting 反义:plenteous, profuse, flush, grocer
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
large [lɑrdʒ] 词频1
adv. 大大地;夸大地;详细地;顺风地; adj. 大的;大规模的;大型号的;广泛的; v. 玩个痛快;(尤指跳舞和饮酒)作乐;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
这两间大教室分配给了我们。
近义:major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital 反义:small
intelligentsia [ɪn,tɛlɪ'dʒɛntsɪə]
n. 知识分子;知识界;
"That slim book showed the Chinese intelligentsia and the nascent working class."
那本小册子讲述了中国的知识界和新兴的工人阶级.
近义:intellectuals, literati, clerisy
wholly ['holli] 词频2
adv. 完全地,全部地;十足,统统;专门;一并;
💡 whole(整个的)+ly- 完全地
"The criticism was wholly unjustified."
这样的批评完全是不公平的。
近义:absolutely, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb 反义:insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively

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