c. 1500, a back-formation from intelligence or else from Latin intelligentem (nominative intelligens), present participle of intelligere, earlier intellegere (see intelligence). Intelligent design, as a name for an alternative to atheistic cosmology and the theory of evolution, is from 1999. Related: Intelligently.
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1. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦，一副精明過人的模樣。
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2. An intelligent computer will be an indispensable diagnostic tool for doctors.
智能計算機將成為醫生不可或缺的診斷工具。
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3. All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man.
你所有論點的前提都是他是一個理性而聰明的人。
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4. Susan'sa very bright and intelligent woman who knows her own mind.
蘇珊是個非常聰明、有主見的女子。
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5. He ventured the opinion that "whales are as intelligent as human beings".