shrewdness

英

美

网络  机灵; 城府; 精明; 精明的

BNC.32717 / COCA.29132

英英释义

noun

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
  Synonym:astutenessperspicacityperspicaciousness

双语例句

• A Soviet leader of proven shrewdness and prescience ( Joyce Carol Oates) See Usage Note at prove
  一位被公认为精明而有预见力的苏联领导人（乔伊丝卡罗尔奥茨）参见
• The structure of the novel is exquisitely deft, the characterization in the highest degree memorable, while the irony has a radiant shrewdness unmatched elsewhere.
  这部小说结构精致灵巧，人物描写令人难忘，讽刺出其不意。
• In his time, the old gentleman was a working mason, and had risen form the ranks more, I think, by shrewdness than by merit.
  那时，这老头儿只不过是个泥瓦工罢了。他之所以发迹，我认为靠的是精明的而不是业绩。
• 'And a passage home?' he added, with a look of great shrewdness. "Perhaps," said the other, winking shrewdly.
  还让我坐船回去？他又精明地问。也许吧，'对方精明地眨了一下眼睛说道。
• My fleeting impression was of an intellectual face of great shrewdness.
  我在一霎那间所得的印象，是一个非常精明的知识分子的面孔。
• With her latest film, she has proven herself to be a director of consideralbe shrewdness and imagination.
  以她最新的影片，她证明自己是个相当有眼光并且有想象力的导演。
• He combined consummate shrewdness with the disposition.
  他把高度的精明和这个性格结合了起来。
• He is widely admired for his shrewdness by both Shias and Sunnis, in Lebanon and the wider region.
  虽然他以他的精明，赢得了包括黎巴嫩和其他广阔地区在内的什叶派和逊尼派的广泛称誉。
• What matters in the long run is whether our rulers hope to gain more from the folly of men, or from their independence of judgement and their shrewdness of mind.
  长期起重大作用的是：我们的统治者是希望从人们的愚蠢之中，而不是从人们的独立判断和敏锐思想之中，获得更多的东西。
• These two work well as a team-Capricorn is highly organized and Scorpio has native shrewdness.
  他们两个组成一个团队的时候，摩羯的高组织能力可以和天蝎天生的精明相配合。