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At the top of the pyramid we have a leader who looks intelligent, who speaks well, who seems competent.

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На верху пирамиды мы имеем лидера, у которого интеллигентный вид, который произносит хорошие речи и представляется знающим.

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I was giving it some thought, and there’s no reason that two attractive,

you know, just sit down and work this whole Meredith thing out.

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Я тут подумал немного, и не вижу причин, которые помешали бы

симпатичным

людям… сесть и обсудить всю эту историю с Мередит.

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Their strange heads are slightly human in appearance,

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Их странные головы- слегка человеческие во внешности,

The boys also this summer will look elegant and intelligent, thanks to trendy shirts in different colors and styles,

classic suit.

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Мальчишки же этим летом будут выглядеть элегантно и интеллигентно, благодаря модным рубашкам различных расцветок и фасонов, классическим костюмам.

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However, the absence of the notorious intelligent look predictably leads to the same effect,

and therefore we permit ourselves to draw our attention to the other side.

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Впрочем, отсутствие пресловутого умного вида предсказуемо приведет к тому же эффекту,

а посему позволим себе обратить свой взор в иную сторону.

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And this is how a friendly chat between two intelligent gentlemen would look like- by far less visual noise.

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One expert, representing the Central Corridor in Eastern Africa,

suggested that UNCTAD should look at intelligent transport systems

and see how they could apply to customs union and integrated economic schemes along transport corridors.

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Один эксперт, представлявший восточноафриканский Центральный коридор, отметил,

что ЮНКТАД следует обратить внимание на» умные» транспортные системы

и проанализировать возможность их применения вдоль транспортных коридоров в условиях таможенных союзов и интегрированных экономических механизмов.

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Thanks to the courses I became more confident, now I know that“I can” and“I will do it”. Sometimes I lack confidence,

especially when I think of my age and look at the intelligent and successful youth.

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Благодаря курсам я получила уверенность, появилась уверенность и чувство» я смогу» и» я это сделаю», которых иногда не хватает, особенно,

когда вспоминаешь о своем возрасте и смотришь на умную и успешную молодежь.

They look like chickens, but they may be the intelligent life form on this planet.

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Ищу красивую, умную, но раскрепощенные леди?

Most of Internet users, especially intelligent seafarers looking for an employment, appreciate a Confidentiality of personal data most of all!

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В настоящее время пользователи сети интернет, в том числе разумные моряки, ищущие работу, превыше всего ценят конфиденциальность персональных данных!

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I used to

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for beautiful, intelligent, charming men.

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Mr Beresford, you look like an

intelligent

man.

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Мистер Бересфорд, вы похожи на смышленого человека.

You are

looking

for an intelligent and intelligible system?

Dmitry

looked

like an intelligent and kind man whose life was good.

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Дмитрий производил приятное впечатление интеллигентного и доброго человека, у которого жизнь сложилась хорошо.

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На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.


На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.


Put simply, if you start to believe and feel like you are good looking, intelligent, wealthy, or other things, you begin to see yourself in that light.



Проще говоря, если вы начнете верить и чувствовать, что вы симпатичный, умный, богатый, или другие вещи, вы начинаете видеть себя в этом свете.


Anyway, I was giving it some thought, and there’s no reason that two attractive, good looking, intelligent, funny, attractive people can’t, you know, just sit down and work this whole Meredith thing out.



Я тут подумал немного, и не вижу причин, которые помешали бы двум симпатичным, привлекательным… умным, веселым… и симпатичным людям… сесть и обсудить всю эту историю с Мередит.

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BMW i8 Concept is a sports car of the most contemporary variety: forward-looking, intelligent and innovative.


Cut off at its roots was the only just matured Abkhazian intelligentsia — fine-looking, intelligent, educated people.



Под корень была уничтожена только что зародившаяся молодая абхазская интеллигенция — красивые, умные, образованные люди.


It wasn’t often that he met a good-looking, intelligent woman.


Good-looking, intelligent, and a talented singer, she came to the attention of many of her father’s patrons.



Хорошая, умная и талантливая певица привлекла внимание многих представителей английской знати.


He’s good-looking, intelligent, well-bred.


What can be better for man, than good-looking, intelligent woman, whho will respect him?



Что может быть лучше для человека, чем симпатичная, умная женщина, которая будет его уважать?


The famous grey Lippizaners, this baroque-looking, extremely intelligent, four-hundred-year-old breed justly has a good reputation in racing sport.


One’s ability to idealize and maintain positive illusions ccompanionship their partner — seeing them as good-looking, intelligent, funny and caring, or generally as Love companionship security 35 «catch» — remained happy with each other on nearly all measures over time.



Способность идеализировать и сохранять положительную иллюзию относительно своего партнера — видеть его привлекательным, интеллигентным, смешным и заботливым или просто цепляющим — позволяет оставаться довольными друг другом на протяжении почти любого времени.


Dodd grew up to be a good-looking, fairly intelligent and personable teenager.



Додд вырос красивым, довольно умным и представительным подростком.


If you are looking for intelligent, young, good and loving woman with serious intentions — you find her already.



Если вы ищете умную, молодую, добрую и любящую женщину с серьезными намерениями — вы ее уже нашли.


Thanks to the neighbor’s family, Lang — looking intelligent and friendly, Michael is gradually recovering from the shock of a recent loss.



Благодаря соседской семье Лэнг — на вид интеллигентной и дружелюбной, Майкл постепенно приходит в себя от пережитого потрясения недавней утраты.


I am looking for intelligent, honest, generous, romantic and kind person with whom I would like to spend all my life…



I am looking for intelligent, честные, щедрые, романтичный и добрый человек, с которым я хотел бы провести всю свою жизнь…


This cool, confident, intelligent looking man, was my partner for 40 years.



Фрэнк Даблдей, этот классный, уверенный в себе и умный мужчина, был моим партнером на протяжении сорока лет.


I’m looking for an intelligent, caring and honest man for serious relationship.



Я ищу умного, заботливого и честного мужчину для серьезных отношений.


I’m looking for an intelligent, strong spirit man, which is set to a positive life with serious attitude to marriage.



Я ищу умного, сильного духа, который настроен на позитивную жизнь с серьезным отношением к браку.


Researchers are looking for advanced, intelligent civilizations



Одни ученые ищут продвинутые разумные цивилизации.


Bernal Díaz was pleased to record that Doña Marina was one of New Spain’s first Christians and described her as «good-looking, intelligent, and self-assured.»



Диас дель Кастильо писал, что Донья Марина была одной из первых в Новой Испании, кто принял христианство, «с приятной внешностью, умной и самоуверенной».


If they were looking for intelligent life, I don’t think they’d come here.

Ничего не найдено для этого значения.

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as in smart

having or showing quickness of mind

proud parents typically insist that their child is intelligent way beyond his or her years his intelligent response to the emergency averted a disaster


2

as in rational

having the ability to reason

there is some debate over whether dolphins are intelligent animals


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as in discreet

having or showing good judgment and restraint especially in conduct or speech

the only intelligent response to such a tasteless joke is to quickly change the subject


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How is the word intelligent distinct from other similar adjectives?

Some common synonyms of intelligent are alert, clever, and quick-witted. While all these words mean «mentally keen or quick,» intelligent stresses success in coping with new situations and solving problems.

an intelligent person could assemble it fast

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Although the words clever and intelligent have much in common, clever implies native ability or aptness and sometimes suggests a lack of more substantial qualities.

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The words quick-witted and intelligent are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, quick-witted implies promptness in finding answers in debate or in devising expedients in moments of danger or challenge.

no match for his quick-witted opponent

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  • bright

    clever, characteristic

  • rational

    reasonable, sensible

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    clever, ability

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    ability, keen

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    ability, clever

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    rational, sensible

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    rational, clever

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    ability, very smart

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    reasonable, behaviour

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    property, character trait

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    very smart

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    characteristic, keen

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    keen, reasonable

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    mindful

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    characteristic, logical

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    sly, crafty

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    able

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    ingenious

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The word sophistication is from the Greek word sophis, which implies false or pompous wisdom. Appearing to be wise. Which is different from the Greek words sophee, sophia which mean wise, wisdom.

Therefore we have in English the words sophist, sophistry and sophism.

We also have the words

  • Smarty pants
  • Smart Aleck (more prevalent in Brit English)

smar·ty-pants, smart′ al`eck

n. Informal.
an obnoxiously conceited and impertinent person.
[1860–65, Amer.; generic use of Aleck, nickname for Alexander]
smart′-aleck•y, smart′-aleck, adj.
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sophistry

n, pl -ries

  1. (Philosophy)
    a. a method of argument that is seemingly plausible though actually invalid and misleading
    b. the art of using such arguments
  2. subtle but unsound or fallacious reasoning
  3. an instance of this; sophism

sophism

n

  1. (Philosophy) an instance of sophistry. Compare paralogism

[from Latin sophisma, from Greek: ingenious trick, from sophizesthai to use clever deceit, from sophos wise, clever]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

soph·ist

n.

  1. a. One skilled in elaborate and devious argumentation.
    b. A scholar or thinker.
  2. Sophist Any of a group of professional fifth-century b.c. Greek philosophers and teachers who speculated on theology, metaphysics, and the sciences, and who were later characterized by Plato as superficial manipulators of rhetoric and dialectic.

[Middle English sophiste, from Latin sophista, from Greek sophists, from sophizesthai, to become wise, from sophos, clever.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

  • astute
  • brainy
  • bright
  • brilliant
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  • whiz
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On this page you’ll find 150 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intelligent, such as: astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, creative, and imaginative.

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In 1950, the mathematician Alan Turing suggested that if you could converse with a machine without knowing whether it was a machine or a person, you should consider that machine intelligent.

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All our intelligent students will insist upon learning what they can of these discussions and forming opinions for themselves.

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Похожие слова: look intelligent

  • to be intelligent — быть умным
  • tactical intelligence applications experimentation — проведение исследований по использованию средств тактической разведки
  • not as intelligent — не как интеллектуальный
  • intelligence solutions — разведывательные решения
  • high level of intelligence — высокий уровень интеллекта
  • my intelligence — мой интеллект
  • intelligence solution — разведки решение
  • management intelligence — интеллект управления
  • manufacturing intelligence — производство интеллекта
  • the united states central intelligence agency — в Соединенных Штатах центральное разведывательное агентство
  • intelligent space — интеллектуальное пространство
  • member of intelligentsia — интеллигент
  • government intelligence officer — офицер правительственной безопасности
  • use our intelligence — использовать наш интеллект
  • maritime intelligence — морская разведка
  • Синонимы & Антонимы: не найдено

    Примеры предложений: look intelligent

    Every day you should at least listen to a short song, read a good poem, look at a beautiful picture, and, if possible, say several intelligent words.

    Каждый день Вы должны хотя бы слушать короткую песню, читать хорошее стихотворение, смотреть на красивую картинку и, по возможности, произносить несколько умных слов.

    You look uncannily like him, only you are much more intelligent .

    Ты жутко похож на него, только гораздо умнее.

    Look, you’ve got these highly intelligent imperious girls, but who told them it was their undeniable American right not to be offended?

    Послушайте, у вас есть эти высокоинтеллектуальные властные девушки, но кто сказал им, что это их неоспоримое американское право не обижаться?

    Take a look at this chart.


    Взгляните на эту диаграмму.

    Well — placed in counter — intelligence .


    Хорошо поставлен в контрразведке.

    So what does my balance sheet look like now?


    Итак, как теперь выглядит мой баланс?

    Look…… I must have pupils.


    Послушайте … Мне нужны ученики.

    Maybe you should look into having another massage.


    Может, тебе стоит попробовать еще один массаж.

    You look good in that color.


    Ты хорошо выглядишь в этом цвете.

    Intelligence and advanced education were required to study and even begin to explain what occurs at the molecular level in our cells.


    Чтобы изучить и даже начать объяснять то, что происходит на молекулярном уровне в наших клетках, требовались интеллект и высшее образование.

    The owners could only look on and calculate the damage.


    Хозяева могли только смотреть и подсчитывать ущерб.

    And you look good without the crack pipe.


    И ты хорошо выглядишь без трубки для крэка.

    Hit the archives, take a fresh look at the old strangler files.


    Зайди в архив, взгляни по-новому на старые файлы душителя.

    Therefore, any curriculum for training emotion intelligence has to begin with attention training.


    Поэтому любая учебная программа для тренировки эмоционального интеллекта должна начинаться с тренировки внимания.

    We have life, intelligence , a measure of health, and the means necessary to support life.


    У нас есть жизнь, разум, мера здоровья и средства, необходимые для поддержания жизни.

    Look, I said I can reprogram them to be completely harmless.


    Послушайте, я сказал, что могу перепрограммировать их, чтобы они были абсолютно безвредны.

    Guess that completes the look.


    Угадайте, что завершает образ.

    Look, I have my own missing genomorphs to locate.


    Послушайте, мне нужно найти моих собственных пропавших геноморфов.

    Look, the only thing you need to know about the boss is that he likes the high life almost as much as he likes quarterly profit.


    Послушайте, единственное, что вам нужно знать о боссе, — это то, что он любит светскую жизнь почти так же, как любит квартальную прибыль.

    Look, why not dispel any romantic notions.


    Послушайте, почему бы не развеять все романтические представления?

    I made a special effort to not look like a nurse.


    Я изо всех сил старалась не выглядеть медсестрой.

    Look, this is the Jade Dragon Sword.


    Смотри, это Меч Нефритового Дракона.

    Look, white guy with a baby.


    Смотри, белый парень с младенцем.

    You should have seen the look in his eye.


    Вы бы видели его взгляд.

    Regardless of the condition of the economy in your country, look forward confidently to God’s new world.


    Независимо от состояния экономики в вашей стране, уверенно смотрите вперед, в новый Божий мир.

    We should take a closer look at this guy.


    Мы должны присмотреться к этому парню.

    She took a quick look, then said she was going to have to think about it.


    Она быстро взглянула на него и сказала, что ей нужно подумать.

    So the technical problems that need to be solved to make this work look quite difficult — not as difficult as making a superintelligent A.I., but fairly difficult.


    Таким образом, технические проблемы, которые необходимо решить, чтобы эта работа выглядела довольно сложной-не такой сложной, как создание сверхразумного А. И., но довольно сложной.

    Look, the faster you wrap your brain around this, the faster we can solve the problem.


    Слушай, чем быстрее ты обмотаешь свои мозги вокруг этого, тем быстрее мы сможем решить проблему.

    You are probably ranking me as a 6, but if so, you must also account for the fact that amongst some women, intelligence raises that number substantially.


    Вы, вероятно, оцениваете меня как 6, но если это так, вы также должны учитывать тот факт, что среди некоторых женщин интеллект значительно повышает это число.

    Anne, your eyes look so blue.


    Энн, твои глаза такие голубые.

    Well, not only does a servant look to his master for food and protection but the servant needs constantly to watch his master to discern his wishes and then to carry them out.


    Что ж, слуга не только ищет у своего господина пищи и защиты, но и должен постоянно следить за своим господином, чтобы распознать его желания и затем выполнить их.

    Look, it says New York.


    Смотри, там написано Нью-Йорк.

    Humans? Intelligent! Potted plants? Not so much. Intelligent means smart, or having the ability to process and understand information (including dictionary definitions).

    Intelligent comes from a Latin word meaning «to understand, to gather,» and intelligent creatures gather and make sense of information easily. Intelligent also refers to the ability to think. Intelligent objects, like speakers or software, seem to think in the way they react to change. If we’re looking for intelligent life on Mars, we want Martians who can reason. Intelligent also means showing good judgement, like an intelligent decision not to invite all those Martians to your birthday party.

    Definitions of intelligent

    1. adjective

      having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

      “is there
      intelligent life in the universe?”

      “an
      intelligent question”

      Synonyms:

      smart

      showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

      agile, nimble

      mentally quick

      apt, clever

      mentally quick and resourceful

      brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip

      having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

      bright, smart

      characterized by quickness and ease in learning

      born, innate, natural

      being talented through inherited qualities

      quick, ready

      apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

      prehensile

      having a keen intellect

      scintillating

      brilliantly clever

      searching, trenchant

      having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

      precocious

      characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)

    2. adjective

      exercising or showing good judgment

      “an
      intelligent solution”

      synonyms:

      healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound

      reasonable, sensible

      showing reason or sound judgment

    3. adjective

      endowed with the capacity to reason

      synonyms:

      reasoning, thinking

      rational

      consistent with or based on or using reason

    4. adjective

      possessing sound knowledge

      synonyms:

      well-informed

      sophisticated

      having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire

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    Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Vocabulary.com or its editors.
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