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Dec 16, 2010 · On the surface, one might think that ingenious is somehow based on the word genius. Interestingly, this is not true. The word ingenious does not actually have the in- prefix for negation. Instead, it comes originally from the Latin ingeniōsus, which means "intellectual, talented, ingenious". At times in history it was also spelled "engenious". Indeed, ingeniōsus appears to be the same root ...
Nov 1, 2015 · According to the American Heritage Dictionary, if you use "genius" in any other meaning, including "an extremely intelligent human being", the correct plural form is "geniuses". Other dictionaries may list more meanings of the word, but the point remains that e.g. three persons with extraordinary mental capacity are geniuses, with "genii ...
Apr 17, 2017 · Which of the following is correct grammatically? He has a real genius in mathematics. He has a real genius for mathematics. He has a real genius at mathematics.
Jul 12, 2015 · The normal plural is "geniuses"; "genii" is not used in everyday language. The word "genius" does come from Latin, but it's gone through a long journey to get to English and its meaning has shifted quite a bit along the way. So it is pluralized according to the normal English pattern. The issue is complicated a bit by the fact that the Latin word, with the Latinate plural "genii", does ...
May 24, 2011 · Delicate Genius. 1) a highly touted professional (such as a doctor or lawyer) who would not think of talking business outside of business hours. 2) a doctor who would charge a patient for a visit if they did not show up (and did not call to cancel), yet would not think twice about going skiing on a day that that doctor had a full schedule of ...
Aug 18, 2010 · 16. Both are technically correct, but the idiomatic usage is "boy genius". It emphasizes the trait of genius being seen in the boy at an early age. Jan 31, 2011 at 22:40. Like "Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman astronaut." Mar 8, 2011 at 18:59. genius boy ninja boy ninja boy genius.
没错，这节目是Britain's Got Talent，字面意义是“英国有能人”，即是“英国达人秀”。 Talent表示“天赋、才干”，不可数，如果后接名词，表示某方面的天赋，用介词for： She displayed a talent for garden design. 她对园艺设计很有天赋。 Genius： Genius整体用法和talent差不多，包括用介词for后接名词引出具体某 ...
Jan 7, 2023 · There are a number of other early instances where Einstein (the inscrutable mathematician and physicist, not the archetypal genius) is treated mockingly and/or dismissively—although I think that Sandburg here aims to comment ironically on the progress of science, from Euclid to Copernicus to Einstein.
Dec 26, 2021 · take有80多义（不包括由take构成的无数习语），这里的“take”是 “to have a particular form, position or state”的意思。 2021年全国甲卷D篇阅读 4，D
prodigy与其它两个意思差别最大是 A person，而其它两个是 ability. 猴子会爬树因为猴子有爬树的talent（天生具有的能力），如果你爬树的能力和猴子一样，那么你有爬树的genius（上帝偏爱而只赋予你的能力）. 黑人有运动天赋talent. 每一个奥运冠军有运动天赋genius ...
