ingenious

• adj. 有独创性的；机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的

来自拉丁语ingenium,天生的品质，能力，来自in-,进入，使，内在，-gen,生育，出生，词源同gene,engine.即出生就具有的，后引申词义陪明的，灵巧的，精巧的。

1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action;

"an imaginative use of material"

"the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford

"an ingenious device"

"had an inventive turn of mind"

"inventive ceramics"

2. skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends;

"cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"

"came up with a clever story"

"an ingenious press agent"

"an ingenious scheme"

3. showing inventiveness and skill;

"a clever gadget"

"the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"

"an ingenious solution to the problem"

ingenious

ingenious: [15] Ingenious used to be a more elevated term than it is today. To begin with it meant ‘highly intelligent’, but already by the 16th century it was starting to come down in the world somewhat to ‘cleverly inventive’. It comes, partly via French ingénieux, from Latin ingeniōsus, a derivative of ingenium ‘natural talent, skill’ (a word which, like English gene, generate, genital, etc, goes back ultimately to Indo-European *gen- ‘produce’, and was also the source of English engine).

Its formal similarity to the distantly related ingenuous has led in the past to its being used for ‘honest, open, frank’, and indeed its semantic derivative ingenuity ‘quality of being ingenious’ [16] belongs etymologically to ingenuous.
=> gene, general, generate, genital

ingenious (adj.)

early 15c., "intellectual, talented," from Middle French ingénieux "clever, ingenious" (Old French engeignos), from Latin ingeniosus "of good capacity, full of intellect; clever, gifted with genius," from ingenium "innate qualities, ability," literally "that which is inborn," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + gignere, from PIE *gen- "produce" (see genus). Sense of "skillful, clever at contrivance" first recorded 1540s. In a sense of "crafty, clever, skillful" Middle English had enginous (mid-14c.), from Old French engeignos, also engineful "skillful (in war)" (c. 1300). Related: Ingeniously; ingeniousness.

bright, clever, wise, brilliant, intelligent, ingenious, smart, shrewd

这些形容词均含有"聪明的"之意。

bright： 口语常用词，多指年轻人，尤指小孩思路敏捷，理解力强，机灵等。

clever： 强调头脑灵活，接受新事物快，有智有谋，但不一定暗示全面妥当地考虑问题。

wise： 侧重不是一般的聪明伶俐，而是有远见，有智慧，能明智地处理问题。

brilliant： 指人的才华出众，思路敏捷，常令人赞叹不已。

intelligent： 正式用词，指在理解新的、抽象东西或处理解决问题时，智力超过一般常人。

ingenious： 指思路敏捷，并暗示有创造与发明的才能和技巧。

smart： 普通用词，与bright和clever的意思很相近，但更强调机灵。

shrewd： 指精明老练，有头脑，善于判断，把握有利机会。

an ingenious device

精巧的装置

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ingenious ways of saving energy

节约能源的巧妙方法

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an ingenious cook

心灵手巧的厨师

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She's very ingenious when it comes to finding excuses.

她很善于找借口。

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ingeniously designed

设计巧妙

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...a truly ingenious invention...

真正有创意的发明

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Gautier's solution to the puzzle is ingenious.

戈蒂埃破解这道难题的方法很巧妙。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The only dilemma is to find the most ingenious and cruel methods of execution.

唯一伤脑筋的问题就是要找到最别出心裁,残酷折磨的处死刑方法.

辞典例句

The ingenious inventor invented a device which promoted productivity a great deal.

这位天才发明家发明了一种能大大提高生产效率的装置.

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But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore , had on the right track.

但早在1803年, 有一个天才的马里兰农夫, 托马斯摩尔, 他找到了这种平衡.

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A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

人类,是一堆可以随意拆卸的铅管零件的巧妙装配.

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The files reveal other ingenious ways ies tried to send coded notes through the post.

文件还透露了纳粹间谍通过邮政传递军事机密的其它“高招”.

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A very ingenious method to limit roll rate is to use " rollerons ".

限制滚动角速度的一个巧妙方法是使用 “ 陀螺舵 ”.

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Scientists might be amazed by the ingenious arrangement of the apparatus.

这种装置精巧的构造可能使科学家感到惊奇.

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The Sha Shibiya dramatic art characteristic, is the fantasy and the real ingenious union.

莎士比亚戏剧艺术的特点, 是幻想与真实的巧妙结合.

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The new type of suitcase car designed by our engineers is very ingenious and practical.

我方工程师设计的新款行李车非常精巧、实用.

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He had some ingenious men among his friends.

他的朋友中,有一些思想敏慧的人.

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I got an ingenious solution to the problem.

我有了解决这个问题的妙方.

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He meant to win golden opinions by meritorious exertion , by ingenious learning, by amiable compliance.

他想以富有成绩的努力, 真心诚意的求学, 使人喜爱的听话,博得黄金般的好评.

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It was an intricate and ingenious system.

这是一个复杂而精致的体系.

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Into which that sense the ingenious layout, also understand the landscape of harmony.

步入其中,即感布局的巧妙, 又能领会景致的和谐.

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The new machine is much more ingenious than the old one.

新换的这个机子比原来那个灵巧多了.

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His preaching was ingenious and pithy.

他的传教是发人深省的,精辟有力的.

辞典例句

Try to think of unusual and ingenious solutions.

尽量想想不同寻常的、巧妙的解决方法.

《简明英汉词典》

'Some of the new developments are most ingenious.

“ 有些新发展是极其聪明的.

英汉文学

Certainly, after passes through the ingenious combination bonsai sale price to multiply.

当然, 经过巧妙组合后的盆栽身价倍增.

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The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.

导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He invented an ingenious excuse for being late.

他为迟到编造了一个巧妙的借口.

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