extraterrestrial intelligence

基本解释

It is sensationalism of this kind that gives the legitimate scientific research of unidentified flying objects and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, a bad name.
这般哗众取宠的手段，也使得对不明飞行物和外星人智力的合法科研声誉扫地。
The real threat would come from the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence, because if there are beings elsewhere in the universe, then Christians, they're in this horrible bind.
外星智慧生物的发现（对基督教来说）是真正的威胁所在，因为如果宇宙中存在其它人类，那么基督徒们将陷入可怕的窘境。
"I know a number of Jesuits who work at the Vatican observatory and they see themselves as serious scientists who are trying to answer the extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) question," said Peters.
彼得斯说：“我认识许多耶稣教会梵蒂冈天文台的工作人员，他们认为自己是严肃的科学家，正在设法回答外星人问题。

Such schemes gained fame with the project known as SetiAtHome (for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) (FORBES, Nov. 15, 1999).
FORBES: Sharing Power
After funding for SETI, which stands for "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, " was cut, researchers looked around for a new way to get the computing power they needed.
FORBES: Magazine Article
He conducted the first radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence and helped construct the Voyager interstellar record, which carried pictures and music from Earth out into the cosmos.
FORBES: 02.18.08, 6:00 PM ET