• adj. 有獨創性的；機靈的，精制的；心靈手巧的

來自拉丁語ingenium,天生的品質，能力，來自in-,進入，使，內在，-gen,生育，出生，詞源同gene,engine.即出生就具有的，后引申詞義陪明的，靈巧的，精巧的。

ingenious

ingenious: [15] Ingenious used to be a more elevated term than it is today. To begin with it meant ‘highly intelligent’, but already by the 16th century it was starting to come down in the world somewhat to ‘cleverly inventive’. It comes, partly via French ingénieux, from Latin ingeniōsus, a derivative of ingenium ‘natural talent, skill’ (a word which, like English gene, generate, genital, etc, goes back ultimately to Indo-European *gen- ‘produce’, and was also the source of English engine).

Its formal similarity to the distantly related ingenuous has led in the past to its being used for ‘honest, open, frank’, and indeed its semantic derivative ingenuity ‘quality of being ingenious’ [16] belongs etymologically to ingenuous.
=> gene, general, generate, genital

ingenious (adj.)

early 15c., "intellectual, talented," from Middle French ingénieux "clever, ingenious" (Old French engeignos), from Latin ingeniosus "of good capacity, full of intellect; clever, gifted with genius," from ingenium "innate qualities, ability," literally "that which is inborn," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + gignere, from PIE *gen- "produce" (see genus). Sense of "skillful, clever at contrivance" first recorded 1540s. In a sense of "crafty, clever, skillful" Middle English had enginous (mid-14c.), from Old French engeignos, also engineful "skillful (in war)" (c. 1300). Related: Ingeniously; ingeniousness.

1. ingenious ways of saving energy

節約能源的巧妙方法

來自《權威詞典》

2. The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.

導演用巧妙手法引起觀眾的懸念.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Try to think of unusual and ingenious solutions.

盡量想想不同尋常的、巧妙的解決方法.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She is an ingenious girl.

她是位很靈巧的姑娘.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. His solution to the puzzle is ingenious.

他破解這道難題的方法很巧妙。

來自辭典例句