Language Point 30

...and stolen intellectual property has been marketed for years. (Para. 11)

intellectual: a.

1. showing unusual reasoning powers

an intellectual family

知識分子家庭

Teaching is an intellectual career.

教書是一種用腦的職業(yè)。

2. concerning the ability to reason (rather than to feel or act)

intellectual subjects 智力課程

Thinking is an intellectual process.

思維是一個(gè)智力活動(dòng)過程。

Universities are centers of intellectual activities.

大學(xué)是智力活動(dòng)的中心。

n. person who is well-informed and intelligent, and interested in activities involving the intellect

Most of the family are intellectuals.

這個(gè)家庭的成員大多數(shù)是知識分子。

property: n.

1. something owned; possessions

That car is my property; you can't use it without my permission.

那車是我的財(cái)產(chǎn)，沒有我的允許你不能使用。

The police found some stolen property hidden in the thief's house.

警察發(fā)現(xiàn)一些被偷的財(cái)產(chǎn)藏在小偷的房子里。

2. (area of) land and/ or building(s)

The city is growing and property in the centre is becoming more valuable.

城市在擴(kuò)展，所以市中心的房地產(chǎn)越來越值錢。

Several properties in this street are to be let.

這街道里的幾處房產(chǎn)將被出租。

3. a quality, power, or effect that belongs automatically to something

Many plants have medicinal properties.

許多植物具有藥性。

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