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英语词语辨析:
Intelligent, smart
and wise
“聪明的”多种说法
你觉得自己是
smart, intelligent
还是
wise
?这三个形容词都可以
用来表示“聪明
的”,但它们之间有区别吗?答案是
:有的。
Intelligent
多指一个人“脑子很好用”;
smart
虽然也可以指人“脑子很好使”但它还能突出指“一个人有做出正确决定、
选择和理
解事物的能力” ;
wise
多指“一个有智慧
wisdom
的人”。
一个有关
“聪明”
的问题。
Smart
、
intelligent
和
wise
都可以用来表示“聪明
的”,
但它们之间的区别是什么呢?请大家想象我有三个好朋友:
Steve
、
Leona
和
Joe
,我们来
< br>来给大家一一介绍他们,通过介绍来具体讲解
smart
、
intelligent
和
wise
之间的区别。
先请大家听对他们三个人的介绍。
Examples
Steve is really
intelligent. He learns quickly and analyses
problems without
any difficulty. He did
extremely well at university and got a top job in
finance.
Leona
is
smart.
She
also
learns
quickly
and
got
fantastic
grades
at
school.
She
makes good decisions and knows how to
get the best from people. And she’s always
beautifully dressed.
Joe is very wise. He’s a few years
older than me and has a lot of experience.
Joe
’s seen so much of life.
He always gives the best advice.
上面我们听了对我的三位朋友的介绍。下面咱们来一个一个地
分析。先说
Steve
:
Example
Steve is
really intelligent. He learns quickly and analyses
problems without
any
difficulty. He did extremely well at university
and got a top job in finance.
Steve
is
intellig
ent
,他学什么都很快,分析问题的能力也很强。他在大学期间成绩
< br>优异,毕业后得到了一份金融领域的高级职位。单词
intelligent
在这里所指的就是“有
才智的,聪颖的,脑子很好用的”,它也
是我们分析的三个单词中意思最简单明了的一个。
Example
Leona
is
smart.
She
also
learns
quickly
and
got
fantastic
grades
at
school.
She
makes good decisions
and knows how to get the best from
people. And she’s always
beautifully
dressed.
Leona is smart.
Smart
和
intelligent
之间有什么区别?首先,
smart
表示一个人
的脑子很好使,
聪明,但
smart
没有
intelligent
正式,
多用在口语表达中,尤其是美式
英语中;其次,
smart
可以暗示一个人有做出正确决定、选择和理解事物
的能力。比如,我
们常说“某某人这步棋走对了,做出了明智之举”在英语里就可以说“
a
smart
move”;还
有,在英语里我们可以用“smart
cookie”指“一个聪明的人”;最后,在英式英语里形容
词
p>
smart
还可用来表示“整洁漂亮的”
,尤其指一个人的打扮整洁、时尚。比如,可以说
“That’s a smart
shirt you’re wearing”。
我们再来听对
Joe
的描述。
Example
Joe is very wise.
He’s a few years older than me and has a lot of
experience.
Joe’s seen so much of life.
He always gives the best advice.
Joe
is
very
wise
,
wise
这个词多描述一个人有智慧
wisdom
。生活中,我们多认为年
长者更有
wisdom
,更
wise
;不过,对于年轻人中别有才华、有智慧的人我们可以说“wise
beyond their years
智慧超越了他们的年龄”。