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词汇 insight
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Definition of insight in English:

insight

noun ˈɪnsʌɪtˈɪnˌsaɪt
mass noun
  • 1The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something.

    洞察力,洞悉力

    his mind soared to previously unattainable heights of insight
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, the British army never gained any insight into what had gone wrong in the last war.
    • Killeen however did have some insight into the reason behind the difference behind the shows.
    • Did either one of you at any time feel that you got truly into his soul, insight into what makes this man tick?
    • I think it's by reading his work that we can gain quick insight into how to become rich quickly.
    • Endurance could provide insight into the environmental history of the area, but there are risks.
    • We thus gained insight into how easy it is for the whole content of the news to be controlled.
    • At best, you could gain some insight into how to improve your performance.
    • And as we get older our perspectives grow wider: we forget a lot but we also gain more insight into things.
    • The subject feels that he has gained insight into important truths and believes that he has a duty to share these with the world.
    • Seth gives us insight into the reasons for his divorce and why he needed to leave his job as an accountant.
    • She has not gained insight into her pre-existing persecutory beliefs.
    • Such austerities were employed in an attempt to gain insight into the fundamental nature of existence.
    • It gives us a way to gain some insight into what type of fatigue they're dealing with and the best way to manage that fatigue.
    • We also envisage this as a discovery kind of museum in which the villagers can gain some insight into science.
    • Wisdom and love, insight into the Supreme and fellowship with other human beings had to go together.
    • This is the word from the Catholic Church, who have far more insight into these matters than lowly commoners such as myself.
    • Interviewing must have given him insight into human nature, but what insights has it given into himself?
    • She did not seem to have enough insight into the reasons for this disconnection.
    • Words leave the page and become real, and you gain rare insight into the authors, their books, and their passions.
    • Understanding of the role that deprivation has in epilepsy gives insight into its aetiology and management.
    Synonyms
    intuition, perception, awareness, discernment, understanding, comprehension, apprehension, appreciation, cognizance, penetration, acumen, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, sagacity, sageness, discrimination, judgement, shrewdness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, acuity, acuteness, flair, breadth of view, vision, far-sightedness, prescience, imagination
    informal nous, horse sense, savvy
    rare sapience, arguteness
    1. 1.1count noun An accurate and deep understanding.
      his work provides important insights into language use
      mass noun the town offers some insight into Finnish rural life
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They offer their own insights into the text and interrogate the responses of others.
      • He provides insights but does not insist on answers; he records but is careful in his judgment.
      • The analysis of James as the ruler of a composite monarchy produces many new and important insights.
      • Einstein had deep insights into how to incorporate gravitation into relativity theory.
      • Theories in international politics offer insights into the behaviour of states.
      • Literature provides insights into the human condition in a way that no political treatise can match.
      • To discover the past as it really was, we must probe it with insights derived from the present.
      • They will provide powerful insights into the effects of different herbicide usage.
      • Recently Ms. Packer offered her design insights in creating floral arrangements.
      • The development of an embryo provides insights into the evolutionary origin of the animal.
      • He had a lot of really deep insights, but its a tremendous lot of work to extract them from his text.
      • Secondly, other studies often provide insights that are suggestive for one's own data.
      • This method is described and provides insights into the magnitude and basis of this limitation.
      • Rather, in this section we pull out for the reader the key assumptions and insights offered by each.
      • All this research has brought to the surface new detail, though few new insights.
      • He does not offer us any insights into the historical and psychological reasons for the rise of Nazism.
      • The events of the last weeks and months give important insights into the changes now underway.
      • Clearly this does not give an accurate historical account but it can provide us with helpful insights.
      • These provide insights about conditions that induce errors and the errors that result.
      • There are other fun insights provided by the former royal chefs or servants.
      Synonyms
      understanding of, appreciation of, revelation about, illumination of
      introduction to, experience of, description of
      realization, recognition, enlightenment
      informal aha moment
      informal eye-opener
    2. 1.2Psychiatry mass noun Awareness by a mentally ill person that their mental experiences are not based in external reality.
      〔精神病学〕顿悟,自知力
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These results suggest that preserved insight may be a protective factor that buffers mentally ill mothers.
      • A growing body of evidence points to the fact that for many people with serious mental illness, lack of insight is a medically based condition.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'inner sight, wisdom'): probably of Scandinavian and Low German origin and related to Swedish insikt, Danish indsigt, Dutch inzicht, and German Einsicht.

Definition of insight in US English:

insight

nounˈinˌsītˈɪnˌsaɪt
  • 1The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing.

    洞察力,洞悉力

    this paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Shakespeare

    这篇论文充满了对莎士比亚深情赞赏的独到见解。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Interviewing must have given him insight into human nature, but what insights has it given into himself?
    • And as we get older our perspectives grow wider: we forget a lot but we also gain more insight into things.
    • I think it's by reading his work that we can gain quick insight into how to become rich quickly.
    • It gives us a way to gain some insight into what type of fatigue they're dealing with and the best way to manage that fatigue.
    • This is the word from the Catholic Church, who have far more insight into these matters than lowly commoners such as myself.
    • Such austerities were employed in an attempt to gain insight into the fundamental nature of existence.
    • She did not seem to have enough insight into the reasons for this disconnection.
    • She has not gained insight into her pre-existing persecutory beliefs.
    • We thus gained insight into how easy it is for the whole content of the news to be controlled.
    • We also envisage this as a discovery kind of museum in which the villagers can gain some insight into science.
    • Did either one of you at any time feel that you got truly into his soul, insight into what makes this man tick?
    • The subject feels that he has gained insight into important truths and believes that he has a duty to share these with the world.
    • At best, you could gain some insight into how to improve your performance.
    • Understanding of the role that deprivation has in epilepsy gives insight into its aetiology and management.
    • Wisdom and love, insight into the Supreme and fellowship with other human beings had to go together.
    • Endurance could provide insight into the environmental history of the area, but there are risks.
    • Seth gives us insight into the reasons for his divorce and why he needed to leave his job as an accountant.
    • Thus, the British army never gained any insight into what had gone wrong in the last war.
    • Killeen however did have some insight into the reason behind the difference behind the shows.
    • Words leave the page and become real, and you gain rare insight into the authors, their books, and their passions.
    Synonyms
    intuition, perception, awareness, discernment, understanding, comprehension, apprehension, appreciation, cognizance, penetration, acumen, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, sagacity, sageness, discrimination, judgement, shrewdness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, acuity, acuteness, flair, breadth of view, vision, far-sightedness, prescience, imagination
    1. 1.1 A deep understanding of a person or thing.
      the signals would give marine biologists new insights into the behavior of whales
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They will provide powerful insights into the effects of different herbicide usage.
      • Clearly this does not give an accurate historical account but it can provide us with helpful insights.
      • Literature provides insights into the human condition in a way that no political treatise can match.
      • Rather, in this section we pull out for the reader the key assumptions and insights offered by each.
      • Recently Ms. Packer offered her design insights in creating floral arrangements.
      • He does not offer us any insights into the historical and psychological reasons for the rise of Nazism.
      • The development of an embryo provides insights into the evolutionary origin of the animal.
      • There are other fun insights provided by the former royal chefs or servants.
      • This method is described and provides insights into the magnitude and basis of this limitation.
      • He had a lot of really deep insights, but its a tremendous lot of work to extract them from his text.
      • All this research has brought to the surface new detail, though few new insights.
      • They offer their own insights into the text and interrogate the responses of others.
      • Theories in international politics offer insights into the behaviour of states.
      • He provides insights but does not insist on answers; he records but is careful in his judgment.
      • These provide insights about conditions that induce errors and the errors that result.
      • To discover the past as it really was, we must probe it with insights derived from the present.
      • Einstein had deep insights into how to incorporate gravitation into relativity theory.
      • Secondly, other studies often provide insights that are suggestive for one's own data.
      • The events of the last weeks and months give important insights into the changes now underway.
      • The analysis of James as the ruler of a composite monarchy produces many new and important insights.
      Synonyms
      understanding of, appreciation of, revelation about, illumination of
    2. 1.2Psychiatry New understanding by a mentally ill person of the causes of their disorder.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These results suggest that preserved insight may be a protective factor that buffers mentally ill mothers.
      • A growing body of evidence points to the fact that for many people with serious mental illness, lack of insight is a medically based condition.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘inner sight, wisdom’): probably of Scandinavian and Low German origin and related to Swedish insikt, Danish indsigt, Dutch inzicht, and German Einsicht.

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