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)
双语例句
- On the other hand one can easily imagine his remark about that insidious and crafty animal vulgarly called statesman or politician being repeated today, reflecting the same Scottish shrewdness.
另一方面，我们不难想象，他有关狡猾的动物即世俗所谓政治家或政客的言论在今天也依然适用，这同样反映出苏格兰人的精明圆滑。 - With great shrewdness, Jane decided not to repeat the news she had heard that morning.
简非常精明，她决定不提她那天早晨听到的新闻。 - '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。 - They bring to their studies a sharpness and a shrewdness which you do not expect in an18 year old.
他们在学习中显示出一种在18岁的人身上预料不到的敏锐和精明。 - 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。 - 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。 - He combined consummate shrewdness with the disposition.
他把高度的精明和这个性格结合了起来。 - 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。 - I was young and spirited and like most lads that have been country-bred, I had a great opinion of my shrewdness.
我还年轻，精神饱满，好象大多数农村里出身的孩子那样，相信自己还有一套机灵的办法。 - He was more than my match in diplomatic shrewdness.
论外交手腕之精明，我远不敌他。