savant

英 [səˈvɑːnt]

美 [səˈvɑːnt]

n.  博学之士; 学者; 专家; 独通一行的人; 独开一窍的人

复数：savants　

GRETEM8

BNC.41315 / COCA.21472

牛津词典

noun

• 博学之士；学者；专家
  a person with great knowledge and ability
• 独通一行的人；独开一窍的人
  a person who is less intelligent than others but who has particular unusual abilities that other people do not have

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 博学之士;学者;专家;天才
  Asavantis a person of great learning or natural ability.
  1. ... the opinion of savants on the composition of the lunar surface.
     专家对于月球表面构造的见解
• N-COUNT 独通一行的人;独开一窍的人;天才型弱智者
  You can refer to someone as anidiot savantif they seem to be less intelligent than normal people but are unusually good at doing one particular thing.
  1. ...an idiot savant, an autistic with a gift for numbers.
     对数字独具禀赋的天才型自闭症患者

英英释义

noun

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
  Synonym:initiatelearned personpundit

双语例句

• Walter Anderson, at Parade, remembers how at cocktail parties in the 1980s people would throw Savant riddles and mathematical puzzles.
  《展示》的沃尔特安德森记得，在20世纪80年代的鸡尾酒会上，人们用谜语和数学难题对莎凡特进行狂轰滥炸。
• Objective to investigate the characteristics of cognitive evoked potentials in mental retardation and idiot savant.
  目的研究精神发育迟缓和白痴学者认知电位的特征。
• He has since been diagnosed as one of only 40 with acquired savant syndrome, in which once-normal people become skilled in math, art or music after a brain injury.
  此后，他被诊断为后天学者症候群，现在全世界约有40个病例。患此症的人大多原本平常无奇，但脑部受伤后来会对数学、艺术或音乐十分擅长。
• Autistic intelligence varies widely, from severe retardation to savant syndrome.
  自闭症患者的智力差异甚广，从极度迟钝到学者症候群不等。
• She joined Mensa, she says, to help her educate her children, but most of the time Savant was busy keeping the family accounts.
  她说，她加入了门撒协会，以便帮助她教育自己孩子，但大部分时间，莎凡特很忙，管理家庭账务。
• Knowing all this makes high IQs and the story of Marilyn vos Savant seem rather different.
  了解了所有这些之后，令高智商人群和玛丽莲沃斯莎凡特的故事看似相当不同。
• At one point, for example, Savant was describing a house where she lived in St Louis.
  例如，有一次，莎凡特在描述她在圣路易斯住的房子。
• The resulting publicity changed Savant's life.
  随之而来的宣传改变了莎凡特的生活。
• Her parents, Joseph Mach and Marina vos Savant, were immigrants, German and Italian respectively, and ran a bar and grill in a blue-collar part of town.
  她的双亲，约瑟夫马赫（JosephMach）和玛瑞娜沃斯莎凡特（MarinavosSavant）都是移民，分别是德国人和意大利人，在小镇的蓝领住宅区经营一家酒吧和烤肉店。
• It's a social scene, said Savant, who is 62, with a smile.
  这是一副社交场景，62岁的莎凡特微笑着说。