Word of the Day: November 4, 2020
erudite
博学的；有学问的
adjective AIR-uh-dyte
Definition
: having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying
拥有或显示通过学习获得的知识
Examples
"And so the arguments about animal minds went on, often technical, sometimes absurd, at times brilliant, in many guises and versions. They were catalogued and analyzed at length by Pierre Bayle…. (Bayle was a Protestant also living in exile in Holland, an erudite scholar and original thinker, and one of the great skeptics of the seventeenth century.)" — Noga Arikha, Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours, 2007
“因此，关于动物思想的争论不断进行，常常是因为技术性的，有时也是因为有些荒谬的，有时也是因为辉煌的，拥有许多形式。皮埃尔·贝勒对它们进行了详尽的分类和分析……。（贝勒是同样生活在荷兰的新教徒， 是一位博学的学者和原始思想家，也是17世纪的伟大怀疑论者之一。”
"[Marilynne Robinson] narrates the ecology of the area and some of its human history, pointing out the generations of headstones hidden among a tiny sea of hills. She is formidably erudite but punctuates her speech with the surprisingly sweet refrain 'you know?'" — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 Sept. 2020
“ [玛丽莲·罗宾逊（Marilynne Robinson）讲述了该地区的生态学和人类的某些历史，指出了隐藏于海中的山间的几代墓基。她学识渊博，但讲话时却带有令人惊讶的甜美声调，“你知道吗？” ”
Did You Know?
Erudite derives from Latin eruditus, the past participle of the verb erudire, meaning "to instruct." A closer look at that verb shows that it is formed by combining the prefix e-, meaning "missing" or "absent," with the adjective rudis, which means "rude" or "ignorant." (Rudis is also the source of the English word rude.) We typically use rude to mean "discourteous" or "uncouth" but it can also mean "lacking refinement" or "uncivilized." Taking these meanings into account, erudite stays true to its etymology: someone who is erudite has been transformed from a roughened or uninformed state to a polished and knowledgeable one through a devotion to learning.
Erudite源自拉丁语eruditus（动词erudire的过去分词），意思是“to instruct「指导」”。仔细查看该动词，可以发现它是由前缀e-（意为“missing「缺失」”或“absent「不存在」”）及形容词 rudis组成（意为“ rude「粗鲁」”或“ignorant「无知」”）。（Rudis 也是英语单词 rude 的起源。）我们通常使用 rude 来表示“discourteous「不道德」”或“uncouth「不合时宜」”，但也可能表示“ lacking refinement「粗俗的」”或 “uncivilized「不文明」”。考虑到这些含义，erudite「博学的人」就遵循其词源：博学的人通过热爱学习，已经从roughened「粗鲁」或uniformed「无知」的状态转变为polished「精明」和knowledgeable「博学」的状态。
Name That Antonym
Unscramble the letters to create an antonym of erudite: DEEBHITNG.