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单词 ingenious
释义
ingenious
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/us
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
(of aperson) veryintelligentandskilful, or (of a thing)skilfullymade orplannedandinvolvingnewideasandmethods:
（人）灵巧的；（物品等）制作精巧的；（方法等）巧妙的
an ingeniousidea/method/solution巧妙的主意／方法／解决办法
Johnny is so ingenious - he can make the mostremarkablesculpturesfrom the mostordinarymaterials.约翰尼真是手巧——他可以用最普通的材料制作出最棒的雕塑。
Synonyms
clever
cunning
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ingeniously
(Definition ofingeniousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ingenious| American Dictionary

ingenious
adjective
us
/ɪnˈdʒin·jəs/
(of aperson)skilledatinventingnewwaysto do something,esp. tosolveproblems, or (ofideasor things)original, andshowingesp. theabilitytosolveproblems:
an ingeniousengineer/songwriter
Shedevisedan ingenioussolutionto theproblem.
(Definition ofingeniousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofingenious

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Bizarrely messy at first sight, they ultimately reveal a hidden structure which is every bit asingeniousas that of a traditional wellmade plot.
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Endless simple yetingeniousmethods were invented by the bacteria for developing the incredible diversity of observed complex patterns.
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All of this isingeniousand suggestive, but of little direct relevance to the seventeenth century.
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The proposed model is a courageous andingeniousattempt to integrate the current forms of generativism and associationism into one system.
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Thisingeniousattempt is likely to prove a failure.
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Aningeniousmicrotonal keyboard configuration, although not for pianos, was invented over a hundred years ago but has not exactly caught on.
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One could fill up a library with writings in many languages which are basicallyingeniousand ingenuous glosses on these three ideas.
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There are many clever ones, though: cute, thoughfful, creative,ingenious, whimsical, stunningly inventive.
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A good deal of the argument is sensible, eveningenious.
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Rather than be impressed by suchingeniousplayfulness, the reader or audience may feel that it is rationally indefensible upon philosophical, aesthetic, and ethical grounds.
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Some of the modern, integrated applications of micropalaeontology and palynology in the oil industry are as equallyingeniousas they are fascinating.
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Outside games required aningenioususe of local materials.
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Mostingeniousof all the methods described in this book is the use of asymmetries in studying the development of the brain.
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The second part includes an attempt to mystify the audience throughingenioustheatre technology.
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And what art can be more helpful or more pleasing to a philosophical traveller, an architect and everyingeniousmechanician?
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