genius
英 ['dʒiːnɪəs]
美 ['dʒinjəs]
n. 天才，天赋；精神
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中文词源
genius 天资来自词根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》。
英语词源
geniusgenius: [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’.=> generalgenius (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.
权威例句
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。 来自柯林斯例句
2. At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius. 当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。 来自柯林斯例句
3. Is he a nutter, or is he a genius? 他是疯子，还是天才？ 来自柯林斯例句
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。 来自柯林斯例句
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”。 来自柯林斯例句
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