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highbrow adj.
⇨ intellectual 2intellectual2 adjective intellectual abilities/discussion 智能；思想交锋an intellectual audience/elite 聪明的观众；知识精英intellectual ♦︎ cultured ♦︎ literary ♦︎ studious ♦︎ learned ♦︎ scholarly ♦︎ highbrow ♦︎ bookishThese are all words for sb who is interested in books, academic study, serious culture, etc. 这些词均表示有才智的、有学问的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an intellectual / a cultured / a literary / a studious young / a learned / a scholarly / a bookish man / woman◆(a / an) intellectual / cultured / literary / learned / scholarly / highbrow readers / readership◆an intellectual / a cultured / a literary / a scholarly elite◆highly intellectual / cultured / literary■ intellectual / /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/ / well educated and enjoying activities that involve serious thought 有才智的；智力发达的◆His works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time.他的作品在当时很受知识精英欢迎。◆Don't imagine that all college students are highly intellectual!别以为大学生的智力都很高！ see also intellectual ⇨ scholar noun ■ cultured / /ˈkʌltʃəd; NAmE ˈkʌltʃərd/ (approving) well educated and able to understand and enjoy art, literature, etc. 有教养的；有修养的；文雅的◆She was a deeply cultured woman who had travelled a great deal.她是个文化修养很深的女人，走过很多地方。◆He spoke with a cultured accent (= the accent of a cultured person).他讲话很儒雅。■ literary /ˈlɪtərəri; NAmE ˈlɪtəreri/ liking literature very much and knowing a lot about it; involved in studying or writing literature 爱好且精通文学的；从事文学研究（或写作）的◆She was one of the great literary figures of her age.她是那个时代一位了不起的文学家。◆He was a literary man and had dreamed of becoming the Shakespeare of the movies.他是个文人，曾经梦想成为电影界的莎士比亚。■ studious /ˈstjuːdiəs; NAmE ˈstuːdiəs/ spending a lot of time studying or reading 勤奋的；好学的；用功的◆She was a quiet, studious girl.她是个文静、用功的女孩。◆He liked to wear glasses, which he thought made him look studious.他喜欢戴眼镜，他觉得这让他显得很博学。■ learned /ˈlɜːnɪd; NAmE ˈlɜːrnɪd/ [usually before noun] (formal) having a lot of knowledge based on serious study and reading 有学问的；知识渊博的；博学的◆The lecture was given by an elderly learned professor.讲课的是一位学识渊博的老教授。 see also learning ⇨ knowledge ■ scholarly /ˈskɒləli; NAmE ˈskɑːlərli/ (rather formal) spending a lot of time studying and having a lot of knowledge about an academic subject 勤奋好学的；有学问的◆He was a very scholarly young man.他是个很有学识的年轻人。NOTE 辨析 Studious, learned or scholarly? Studious emphasizes a person's habits and how much time they spend studying; a studious person is usually young. Learned emphasizes how much a person knows, especially knowledge based on a lifetime of study; a learned person is usually old. Scholarly emphasizes both the habit of studying and the knowledge got from studying; a scholarly person can be young or old. * studious强调一个人的学习习惯和在学习上花的时间，通常用来形容年轻人。learned强调一个人懂得多少，尤其强调毕生之所学，通常用来形容长者。scholarly既强调学习习惯，也强调通过学习获得的知识，既可形容年轻人，亦可形容长者。■ highbrow /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ / (sometimes disapproving) concerned with or interested in serious artistic or cultural ideas 关于正统艺术（或文化）思想的；对正统艺术（或文化）感兴趣的◆The journal is aimed at a highbrow readership.这份刊物针对的是高品位的读者。ⓘ Highbrow usually describes newspapers and television programmes and the people who read or watch them; collocates include readers, papers, press and television (programmes). * highbrow通常描述报纸及其读者、电视节目及其观众，搭配词有readers、papers、press和television (programmes)。■ bookish (sometimes disapproving) interested in reading or studying rather than in more active or practical things 书呆子气的；学究似的◆Quiet and bookish, he was sometimes teased by the other boys.他寡言少语且有书呆子气，有时会遭到其他男孩的取笑。 |