intelligence

英 [ɪnˈtel.ɪ.dʒəns]      美 [ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒəns]
  • n. 智力;情报工作;情报机关;理解力
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1. inter- "between" + lig- "choose, pick out" + -ence => intelligence ( inter- 尾部的字母r被同化为l, 这与com-,ab-,sub-等前缀的同化的原理和原因是相同的。).
2. => choose between, pick out between. => 从...中将其识别、区分出来。=> 引申为:understand,comprehend.
intelligence 智力,才智

来自intelligent,聪明的,有才智的。

intelligence (n.)
late 14c., "faculty of understanding," from Old French intelligence (12c.), from Latin intelligentia, intellegentia "understanding, power of discerning; art, skill, taste," from intelligentem (nominative intelligens) "discerning," present participle of intelligere "to understand, comprehend," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + legere "choose, pick out, read" (see lecture (n.)).

Meaning superior understanding, sagacity" is from early 15c. Sense of "information, news" first recorded mid-15c., especially "secret information from spies" (1580s). Intelligence quotient first recorded 1921 (see I.Q.).
1. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
他把聪明都用在了犯罪上,太可惜了。
2. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
情报机构策划了一项暗杀陆军部长的重大计划。
3. The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
联合国观察员和西方情报机构之间密切合作。
4. Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.
当然,识字和智力是两码事。
5. It was the first commercially available machine to employ artificial intelligence.
这是第一台作为商品出售的采用人工智能技术的机器。

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