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n.天才,天赋,天才人物

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gener=to produce(制造;生产),race(种族) 变化型 gen,gent

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genius


/'dʒi:nɪəs; `dʒinjəs/
n (pl geniuses)
1 (a) [U] exceptionally great mental or creative ability 天才; 创造力
*a man of genius 才子
* It is rare to find such genius nowadays. 这样的天才现在非常罕见.
(b) [C] person who has this ability 天才人物
*Einstein was a mathematical genius. 爱因斯坦是数学天才.
* He is hard-working and able, but no genius. 他勤奋、能干, 但决非天才.
2 [sing] a ~ for (doing) sth exceptional natural ability for sth 对(做)某事物的天生的非凡才能
*have a genius for languages, making friends, saying the wrong thing 有学语言的、交朋友的、说错话的本事.
3 [sing] the ~ (of sth)
(a) guardian spirit (of a person, a place or an institution) 守护神.
(b) (fml 文) special character, spirit or principles of a language, a period of time, an institution, a nation, etc (语言、时代、制度、民族等的)特点, 特徵, 精神, 原则
*the genius of the English language, of the age 英语语言的、时代的特点.
4 (idm 习语) one's good/evil `genius person or spirit supposed to have a strong influence on one for good or for evil 对自己好坏有极大影响的人或神魔
*Blame it on my evil genius! 都怪我中了邪魔了!

genius


n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin:'spirit who guards a person or place', from gignere; GENITAL]
[U]
a very high level of intelligence, mental skill, or ability, which only a few people have
 The film reveals Fellini's genius.
work/writer/man etc of genius
 Wynford was an architect of genius.
a stroke of genius
(=a very clever idea)
 At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
 a work of pure genius
[C]
someone who has an unusually high level of intelligence, mental skill, or ability
 Freud was a genius.
musical/comic/mathematical etc genius
a genius at (doing) sth
 My father was a genius at storytelling.
a genius for (doing) sth
special skill at doing something
 That woman has a genius for organization.
 Warhol's genius for publicity
1. But the conference heard equally strong evidence for the role that environmental factors play in creating genius.
    但是那次会议也提出了同样充分的证据支持环境因素在创造天才上的作用。

2. Would such parents be guaranteed to have a genius as their child?
    能否确保他们的孩子成为天才?

3. He has a genius for epigram.
    他有妙语连珠的才能。

4. So although knowing more about the biology of genius is all very interesting, it is research into better parenting and educational techniques that will have lasting significance.
    因此,虽然了解天才人物的生物特征非常令人感兴趣,但对良好的家庭教养和教育技巧的研究才真正具有长远的意义。

5. James Cameron saw the Chinese genius for rapid construction in 1954; I saw it first in 1957; and I saw it again in 1960.
    一九五四年詹姆斯·卡麦隆看到了中国高速度建设的才干。一九五七年我首次见到这种奇迹;一九六零年又见到了一次。

6. Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
    天才一分来自灵感,九十九分来自勤奋。

7. Oscar Wilde had it right when he said we ought to give our ability to our work but our genius to our lives.
    奥斯卡·王尔德说得好:我们应该把我们的才能用到工作中去,而把我们的天赋投入到我们的生活中去。

8. One can draw examples from genius in any field, from religion, philosophy, and literature to art and music, even in mathematics, science, and technical invention, although these are often thought to depend only on logic and experiment.
    无论是宗教、哲学、文学,还是艺术、音乐,甚至数学、科学,以及技术发明,在任何领域的天才人物身上,我们都能找到这样的例子,虽然人们常常认为数学、科学,以及技术发明所依赖的仅仅是逻辑和实验。

9. It is rare to find such genius nowadays.
    这样的天才现在非常罕见.

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