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cognoscenti

/kon-yuh-shen-tee, kog-nuh-/US // ˌkɒn yəˈʃɛn ti, ˌkɒg nə- //UK // (ˌkɒnjəʊˈʃɛntɪ, ˌkɒɡnəʊ-) //

知识分子,认知者,知情人,认知分子

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
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    singular co·gno·scen·te [kon-yuh-tee, kog-nuh-]. /ˌkɒn yə ti, ˌkɒg nə-/.

    • : persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, especially in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion.

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Examples

  • The backlash from the dance music critics and cognoscenti has been neck-snapping.

  • Most financial cognoscenti know that the current issue is Europe, as do many who write and speak about such things.

  • His works were passed over as beneath the notice of the cognoscenti.

  • Amazed at the national glory, she had never asked this sacrifice of French cognoscenti.

  • And at last she wrote her absent lover a missive that has been numbered by cognoscenti among the great love letters of the ages.

  • By her side was the guitar on which she had been practising the airs that were to ravish the ears of the cognoscenti.

  • This is my taste; if I am wrong, I beg pardon of the cognoscenti.