英語中形容一個人“聰明”，都有哪些說法？

Smart vs Clever vs Intelligent vs Wise

聰明的vs聰明的vs明智的vs智慧的

All these words have a similar or almost the same meaning. They all describe a person (in some cases also an animal) who is smart in one way or another. The big difference between them is the occasions and situations when you should use them.

所有這些詞都有相似或幾乎相同的意思。它們都描述了一個人（在某些情況下也是一種動物）在某種程度上是聰明的。它們之間最大的區別在於你應該使用它們的場合和場合。

Smart

聰明的

Let’s start with the most common one – smart.

讓我們從最常見的一個開始——聰明的。

Smart means that a person, or animal, is able to solve a problem. You use the word smart to describe someone who can think logically and make a good choice in the situation. Smart also means that the person, or animal, understands what you’re telling them and can act based on that information.

聰明意味着一個人或動物能夠解決問題。你用“聰明”這個詞來形容一個在這種情況下能夠有邏輯地思考並做出正確選擇的人。聰明還意味着人或動物理解你在告訴他們什麼，並能根據這些信息採取行動。

For example: I always believed my child was very smart.

例如：我一直認爲我的孩子很聰明。

That’s a really smart dog. It learned all the tricks in one month. /Smart is used when we want to describe the basic level of intelligence. This requires understanding, reasoning, and then doing an action.那隻狗真聰明。

它在一個月內學會了所有的技巧。/當我們想描述智力的基本水平時，就使用Smart。這需要理解、推理，然後採取行動。

Opposite of Smart

Smart的反義詞

The opposite of smart is stupid.

聰明的反面是愚蠢。

So, smart describes someone intelligent or someone who is very knowledgeable. It’s the first step to describing intellect.

所以，smart指的是一個聰明的人或者一個知識淵博的人。這是描述智力的第一步。

Intelligent

聰明的

Intelligent is a step above smart. Intelligent is used to describe people, and some rare animals, that can think on their own, and act on their instincts.

智能是比智能更高的一步。有些人用自己的智慧和本能來形容自己的動物。

When someone is smart they act based on the information they get. When someone is intelligent they find their own information, come to understand it by themselves, and then make up their mind about what they want to do.

當一個人很聰明的時候，他們會根據他們得到的信息行事。當一個人很聰明的時候，他們會發現自己的信息，自己去理解，然後決定自己想做什麼。

In a way, being intelligent means that a person, or animal, is more independent than when they are smart. This is why an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test measures intelligence.

在某種程度上，聰明意味着一個人或動物比他們聰明時更獨立。這就是爲什麼智商測試衡量智力。

Let’s go over some examples:

讓我們來看看一些例子：

Most of her students are smart, but she says some of them are so intelligent that they outshine the rest. /When he moved to New York and managed to get a job in one week I was sure he was super intelligent. /Dolphins are some of the most intelligent animals on the planet. /Intelligent describes this higher level of intellect, and it’s just above smart. Being intelligent means being able to do things on your own, and making choices based on what you know and not what people tell you.

她的大多數學生都很聰明，但她說，他們中的一些人非常聰明，比其他學生更聰明。/當他搬到紐約，並設法在一週內找到一份工作時，我確信他是超級聰明的。/海豚是地球上最聰明的動物之一。/智能描述了更高層次的智能，它只是在智能之上。聰明意味着能夠獨立做事，並根據你所知道的而不是別人告訴你的來做出選擇。

Clever

聰明的

Now let’s move on to clever. Unlike smart or intelligent, clever is defined by the situation more than the intellect of a person. When someone, or something, is clever it means they can act quickly in that type of situation.

現在讓我們轉到聰明。與聰明或聰明不同，聰明更多的是由環境而不是一個人的智力來定義的。當某人或某事是聰明的，這意味着他們可以在這種情況下迅速行動。

For example:

例如：

Comedians are clever. /My cat is very clever since he’s learned to open the door when we’re not home. /I made a joke yesterday and then Ann was clever enough to add to it. We laughed for hours. /Please stop your clever remarks in class.

喜劇演員很聰明。/我的貓很聰明，因爲它學會了在我們不在家時開門。/我昨天開了個玩笑，然後安聰明地加了一句。我們笑了好幾個小時。/請停止你在課堂上的妙語。

Here we can see that clever is mostly defined by the situation. It can also mean that someone is funny. Clever is not used in the same way as smart or intelligent. It does not describe someone’s intellect.

這裏我們可以看出，聰明主要是由情境決定的。這也意味着某人很有趣。聰明和聰明的使用方式不同。它不能描述一個人的智力。

Wise

明智的

And finally – wise. Wise describes a person who knows many things because of their age. Wise can also describe someone who knows a lot of philosophy.

最後——明智。智者描述的是一個由於年齡而知道很多事情的人。很多聰明人也能描述很多哲理。

The most common way to use wise is to describe older people who know a lot of information.

使用wise最常見的方法是描述瞭解大量信息的老年人。

For example:

例如：

My grandpa is so wise. He always gives good advice, and he knows a lot of history. /He’s wise for his age. He knows things like an old man would. /This is how we use wise. We describe someone who thinks a lot about a lot of things. We usually expect these people to know a lot of information, but wise doesn’t require them to understand it. Smart and intelligent describe intellect and understanding.

我爺爺真聰明。他總是給人很好的建議，而且他知道很多歷史。/就他的年齡而言，他很聰明。他知道的事情就像一個老人一樣。/這就是我們使用wise的方法。我們描述的是一個對很多事情想得很多的人。我們通常希望這些人知道很多信息，但wise並不要求他們理解這些信息。聰明和聰明描述智力和理解力。

Wise only means that a person remembers a lot of info and that they are probably old.

智慧只意味着一個人能記住很多信息，而且他們可能已經老了。