An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
— Aldous Huxley  ·  No category

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intellectual [,ɪntə'lɛktʃuəl] 词频3 词根: intel
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力发达的; n. 知识分子;脑力劳动者;有极高智力的人;凭理智（而非感情）办事的人;
💡 intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美国人把牛津视为知识分子的乐园。
近义：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead 反义：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
person ['pɝsn] 词频1 词根: per
n. 人;（语法）人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter 反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
interesting ['ɪntrəstɪŋ] 词频1 词根: inter
adj. 令人感兴趣的，有趣的;引起兴趣的;有趣的;令人关注的;
💡 inter 表示“在…之间，相互” +est表示最高级“最.+ ing [名词后缀]表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → adj.有趣的，引人入胜的
"an interesting collage of 1960s songs"
有趣的20世纪60年代歌曲的收藏集
近义：important, absorbing 反义：importunate, importune, inopportune, irksome, arid, irritating
discovered
v. 发现, 找到（discover的过去形式）
近义：found

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"The silent bear no witness against themselves."
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"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
"That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent."
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