你够聪明吗-聪明需要高强度的维护(1)

Are you clever enough?

 

你够聪明吗？

 

Being intelligent is high maintenance¹.

 

聪明需要高强度的维护。

 

Among other factors it is also something that is acquired and involves hard work. An intelligent person is able to talk about just about anything because he reads and learns about everything under the sun.。

 

An online survey showed that more thanthree-quarters of people who undertook the survey believe that the Internet makes people smart. This idea stems² from the fact that Internet dispensesknowledge impartially³ and has also improved reading and writing.

 

1 maintenance   

n.维修，保养，扶养费，维持，保持

参考例句：

• His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活，但仅此而已。
• He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

2 stems   

n.（花草的）茎( stem的名词复数 )；词干；（高脚酒杯的）脚；烟斗柄v.遏制[阻止]（液体的流动等）( stem的第三人称单数 )；封堵；遏止

参考例句：

• The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid. 当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员们的不满情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country. 她对花卉的兴趣产生于她在乡下度过的童年时代。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 impartially   

adv.公平地，无私地

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• We hope that they're going to administer justice impartially. 我们希望他们能主持正义，不偏不倚。