英汉词典

genius 基本解释

• n. 天才，天赋；精神

genius 词态变化

genius 中文词源

来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate.原义为守护精灵，传说中每个人出生时都会有守护精灵相伴而生，并一生陪伴成长，引申义天资。参考电影《黄金罗盘》。

genius 英文词源

genius

genius: [16] Latin genius originally meant ‘deity of generation and birth’. It came ultimately from the Indo-European base *gen- ‘produce’ (source of English gene, generate, genitive, etc), probably via a derivative *gnjos. It broadened out considerably in meaning, initially to ‘attendant spirit’, the sense in which English originally acquired it (French took it over as génie, a word which, because of its phonetic and semantic similarity to Arabic jinn, 18th-century translators of the Arabian nights eagerly adopted into English as genie).

The main modern English sense, ‘person of outstanding intellectual ability’, which dates from the 17th century, goes back to a comparatively rare Latin ‘intellectual capacity’. Genial [16] comes from Latin geniālis, a derivative of genius, which again originally meant ‘of generation and birth’ (a sense which survived into English: ‘And thou, glad Genius! in whose gentle hand the bridal bower and genial bed remain’, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion 1595).

It later developed in Latin to ‘pleasant, festive’.
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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," originally "generative power" (or "inborn nature"), from PIE *gen(e)-yo-, from root *gene- "to produce, give birth, beget" (see genus). 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.

genius 英文释义

1. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

"Mozart was a child genius"

"he's smart but he's no Einstein"

2. unusual mental ability

3. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

4. exceptional creative ability

5. a natural talent;

"he has a flair for mathematics"

"he has a genius for interior decorating"

genius 同义词解析

ability, capacity, capability, genius, talent, competence, faculty, gift, aptitude

这些名词均可表示人的"能力，才能"之意。

ability：普通用词，指人先天的或学来的各种能力。

capacity：侧重指人的潜在能力，通常不指体力，多指才智，尤指接受与领悟能力。

capability：多用于人，指胜任某项具体工作的能力，也指本身具有、尚未发挥的潜在能力。常与of或for连用。

genius：语气最强，指天赋的高度才能与智力。

talent：着重指人某方面具有可发展和培养的突出天赋才能，但语意比genius弱。

competence：正式用词，侧重指令人满意的业务能力与水平，达到胜任某项工作等的要求。

faculty：指特殊的才能或智力。

gift：着重个人的天赋的才能或在某方面的显著本领，常暗含不能用一般规律作解释的意味。

aptitude：多指先天或后天习得的运用自如的能力，常暗示接受能力强，能迅速掌握一种学术训练或艺术技巧。

genius 双语例句

1. I was hoping some of his genius might rub off.

我希望他的才华也可以影响他人。

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2. At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.

当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。

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3. Is he a nutter, or is he a genius?

他是疯子，还是天才？

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4. His genius was not confined to the decoration of buildings.

他的天赋不单体现在建筑物的装饰上。

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5. He last night denounced the British "genius for running ourselves down".

昨晚，他谴责了英国那位“抨击我们自己人的天才”。

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genius 实用场景例句

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。

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the genius of Shakespeare

莎士比亚的天才

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a statesman of genius

天才的政治家

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Her idea was a stroke of genius .

她的主意是聪明的一着。

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a mathematical/comic, etc. genius

数学、喜剧等天才

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He's a genius at organizing people.

他是人员组织方面的天才。

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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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This is the mark of her real genius as a designer...

这展现了她作为设计师的真正天赋。

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The man had genius and had made his mark in the aviation world...

这人很有天赋，在航空界非常出名。

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Chaplin was not just a genius, he was among the most influential figures in film history.

卓别林不仅仅是天才，也是电影史上最有影响力的人物之一。

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The proper handshake is brief but there should firmness and warmth in the clasp.

准确的握手要迅捷,但是在握手的瞬间应有力度并且布满热情.

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Dick thinks of himself as a genius in literature.

迪克自以为是个文学天才.

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Einstein was a mathematical genius.

爱因斯坦是数学天才.

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There is no other team with the privilege to have such a deep symbiosis with a football genius.

从没有任何一个球队与一个足球天才保持着如此深的特殊依附关系.

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Li Bai was a great genius.

李白是个伟大的天才.

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He displayed an originality amounting almost to genius.

他显示出近乎天才的创造性.

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His genius as a painter flowered very early.

他的绘画天赋很早就发挥出来.

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He railed at the world for its neglect of his genius.

他怨世人不能赏识他的才华.

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He is endowed with genius.

他赋有天才.

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He has some share of his father's genius.

他继承了几分他父亲的天才.

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He was a universal genius.

他是一个多才多艺的天才.

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He has a postive genius for putting his foot in his mouth.

他确实有说错话的才能.

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She blathers about goodness and beauty and her own genius.

她胡吹什么德行、美貌和自己的天才.

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We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.

我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰.

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He does not pretend to be a genius.

他并不自命为天才.

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Beethoven was a towering musical genius.

贝多芬是一个伟大的音乐天才.

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He is a man of genius.

他是一个有天赋的人.

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