ingenuity 音标拼音: [ɪndʒən'uəti]
n . 智巧,创造力,精巧的设计
智巧,创造力,精巧的设计
ingenuity n 1 :
the power of creative imagination [
synonym : {
inventiveness },
{
ingeniousness }, {
ingenuity }, {
cleverness }]
2 :
the property of being ingenious ; "
a plot of great ingenuity ";
"
the cleverness of its design " [
synonym : {
ingenuity },
{
ingeniousness }, {
cleverness }]
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1 .
The quality or power of ready invention ;
quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations ;
ingeniousness ;
skill in devising or combining .
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1913 Webster ]
All the means which human ingenuity has contrived .
--
Blair .
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2 .
Curiousness ,
or cleverness in design or contrivance ;
as ,
the ingenuity of a plan ,
or of mechanism .
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He gives . . .
To artist ingenuity and skill . --
Cowper .
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3 .
Openness of heart ;
ingenuousness . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
The stings and remorses of natural ingenuity ,
a principle that men scarcely ever shake off ,
as long as they carry anything of human nature about them .
--
South .
Syn :
Inventiveness ;
ingeniousness ;
skill ;
cunning ;
cleverness ;
genius .
Usage : {
Ingenuity }, {
Cleverness }.
Ingenuity is a form of genius ,
and cleverness of talent .
The former implies invention ,
the letter a peculiar dexterity and readiness of execution .
Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the English overdo in the use of the word clever and cleverness ,
applying them loosely to almost every form of intellectual ability .
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1913 Webster ]
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ingenuity ":
ability ,
acuteness ,
address ,
adeptness ,
adroitness ,
airmanship ,
aptness ,
art ,
artfulness ,
artisanship ,
artistry ,
bravura ,
brilliance ,
canniness ,
capability ,
capacity ,
cleverness ,
command ,
competence ,
control ,
coordination ,
craft ,
craftsmanship ,
creativeness ,
creativity ,
cunning ,
deftness ,
dexterity ,
dexterousness ,
dextrousness ,
diplomacy ,
efficiency ,
expertise ,
facility ,
faculty ,
fecundity ,
fertile mind ,
fertility ,
finesse ,
flair ,
genius ,
gift ,
grace ,
grip ,
handiness ,
horsemanship ,
imagination ,
imaginativeness ,
ingeniousness ,
invention ,
inventiveness ,
keenness ,
knack ,
know -
how ,
marksmanship ,
mastership ,
mastery ,
originality ,
practical ability ,
pregnant imagination ,
productivity ,
proficiency ,
prolificacy ,
prowess ,
quickness ,
readiness ,
resource ,
resourcefulness ,
savoir -
faire ,
savvy ,
seamanship ,
sharpness ,
shrewdness ,
skill ,
skillfulness ,
smartness ,
style ,
tact ,
tactfulness ,
talent ,
technical brilliance ,
technical mastery ,
technical skill ,
technique ,
teeming imagination ,
timing ,
virtuosity ,
wit ,
wizardry ,
workmanship
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