genius
genius 英 [ˈdʒi:niəs] 美 [ˈdʒinjəs]
n. 天才
名词复数:geniuses
- Genius is an exceptional talent or skill, something above and beyond the norm. A genius is someone who possesses this brilliance, like a child prodigy who learned the piano at age 3 and played sold-out concerts by age 5.
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- n. 天才
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1. a statesman of genius
天才的政治家
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2. Her idea was a stroke of genius.
她的主意是聪明的一着。
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3. He's a genius at organizing people.
他是人员组织方面的天才。
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4. You don't have to be a genius to see that they are in love!
傻子也能看出他们相爱了！
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5. He had a genius for making people feel at home.
他有一种能够使人感觉轻松自在的本领。
- genius (n.) late 14c., "tutelary or moral spirit" who guides and governs an individual through life, from Latin genius "guardian deity or spirit which watches over each person from birth; spirit, incarnation; wit, talent;" also "prophetic skill; the male spirit of a gens," originally "generative power" (or "inborn nature"), from PIE *gen(e)-yo-, from root *gene- "give birth, beget," with derivatives referring to procreation and familial and tribal groups. Sense of "characteristic disposition" of a person is from 1580s. Meaning "person of natural intelligence or talent" and that of "exalted natural mental ability" are first recorded 1640s.
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