sapient
adjective
formaluk/ˈseɪ.pi.ənt/us/ˈseɪ.pi.ənt/intelligent;abletothink:
聪明的,会思考的She is sapient,conscious,abletoholdanintelligentdiscussion.她聪明、有洞察力,能够进行有见地的讨论。
wise:
贤明的,睿智的hisfailuretoheedmy sapientadvice他对我睿智谏言的无视
the sapientking贤明的国王
relatingto thehumanspeciesHomosapiens:
(人类学用语)智人的;具有智人特征的We mayinheritauniversallinguisticblueprintfromoursapientancestorsof 40,000yearsago.我们可能从4万年前的智人祖先那里继承了一个具有共性的语言蓝图。
- Thecourtsaid it was herlossof hercognitive, sapientstatethat was themoralwarranttoremoveherventilator.
- Thecreatureis not justsentient, it is sapient.
- Our sapientlegislaturemade it thelawof theland.
- Neanderthalgroupswholivednearbythesitesof more sapientcaveusers
Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agility
- apt
- aptness
- grey matter
- gumption
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- penetrating
- perceptive
- percipient
- perspicacious
- perspicacity
- presence of mind
- profundity
- quick-witted
- ready
- subtlety
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