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ingenuity

noun
🔊/ˌɪndʒəˈnjuːəti/
🔊/ˌɪndʒəˈnuːəti/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the ability to invent things or solve problems in clever new ways独创力；聪明才智；心灵手巧 synonym inventiveness
    • The problem tested the ingenuity of even the most imaginative students.这个问题甚至考验了最具想象力的学生的才智。
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    • Getting out of this mess was going to require a fair degree of ingenuity.要摆脱这一混乱局面需要具备相当程度的聪明才智。
    • It didn't take much ingenuity to transform the door into a table.把门板改造成桌子没有动多少脑筋。
    • The children showed a lot of ingenuity.孩子们表现出极高的才智。
    • There is always a solution, so long as you are prepared to use your ingenuity.只要愿意运用你的聪明才智，总会找到解决的办法。
    • They adapted the available materials with great ingenuity.他们以非凡的才智改造了现有的材料。
    • We have to admire his ingenuity in redesigning the machinery.我们不得不钦佩他在重新设计机器方面的创造能力。
    • someone who has the ingenuity to solve problems善于解决问题的人
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • great
    • a little
    • …
    … of ingenuity
    • amount
    • degree
    verb + ingenuity
    • have
    • use
    • demonstrate
    • …
    preposition
    • with ingenuity
    • ingenuity  in
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (also in the senses ‘nobility’ and ‘ingenuousness’): from Latin ingenuitas ‘ingenuousness’, from ingenuus ‘inborn’. The current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious.