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erudite
  • Derivatives : adv  eruditely
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

erudite ['εrυ.daɪt] ['eru(ː)daɪt]
  1. 1. adjective 学问的,博学的,饱学的,知识渊博的

Collins English-English Dictionary

erudite ['εrυ"daɪt]
  1. 1. adj having or showing extensive scholarship; learned
  2. 2. adj [Etymology] C15: from Latin eruditus, from erudire to polish, from ex-1 + rudis unpolished, rough

Examples

博学之士
learned scholar; erudite person
知识广博
have extensive knowledge; be erudite
学问高深的人
a man of great learning; an erudite scholar
知识渊博
have a wide range of knowledge; be erudite; be learned
渊博
broad and profound; erudite
博古通今
possess a wide knowledge of things ancient and modern—erudite and informed
博学
learned; erudite
他喜欢和学识宏达的人交往。
He likes to talk with erudite people.
谈笑有鸿儒,往来无白丁。这是唐朝诗人刘禹锡的名句。
"Erudite scholars come in good spirits to talk with me, and among my guests there are no uneducated common people." This is a famous sentence by the poet Liu Yuxi of Tang Dynasty.
这位学识渊博的老先生,真可谓通今博古呀!
This is an erudite old man.

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