ingenuity

英 [,ɪndʒɪ'njuːɪtɪ] 美 [,ɪndʒə'nuəti]

解释

※ 提供单词"ingenuity"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

ingenuity 灵巧，心灵手巧

来自ingenious,灵巧的，精巧的。

ingenuity (n.): 1590s, "honor, nobility," from Middle French ingénuité and directly from Latin ingenuitatem (nominative ingenuitas) "condition of a free-born man," figuratively "generosity, noble-mindedness," from ingenuus (see ingenuous). Etymologically, this word belongs to ingenuous, but in 17c. ingenious and ingenuous so often were confused (even by Shakespeare) that ingenuity has acquired the meaning "capacity for invention or construction" (first attested 1640s).

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1. We were amazed at the ingenuity with which they solved their difficulties.: 他们在解决困难中所表现的智慧使我们惊叹[佩服].

3. He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.: 他是一个手腕高超、富有胆识、足智多谋的民主党人，能够让不可能的事成为可能。