intelligent
adj.
c.1500, a back-formation from intelligence or else from Latin intelligentem (nominative intelligens), present participle of intelligere, earlier intellegere (see intelligence). Intelligent design, as a name for an alternative to atheistic cosmology and the theory of evolution, is from 1999. Related: Intelligently.
〔蒋〕[lect=choose，gather选，收(lect也作leg，lig)，-ent形容词后缀，…的] 理解力强的，聪明的
〔李〕[intel-(inter-)=among在……之间；lig=to choose选择；-ent a.=having the quality of有……能力的→“having the ability to choose the best among many 有从多中选优能力的”→] a. having fine mental powers;quick of mind有理智的；聪明的