cleverness
英 ['klevənəs]
美
n. 聪明
复数:clevernesses
BNC.19535 / COCA.21006
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 聪明的;聪颖的;智商高的
Someone who iscleveris intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.- He's a very clever man...
他非常聪明。 - My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was...
我妹妹向来比我聪明许多。 - Her mother was clever at many things.
她妈妈对许多事情都很精通。
- He's a very clever man...
- ADJ-GRADED (观点、书、发明)巧妙的,绝妙的
Acleveridea, book, or invention is extremely effective and shows the skill of the people involved.- ...a clever and gripping novel.
构思巧妙、扣人心弦的小说 - A colleague of mine in Milan devised the following very clever little experiment.
我在米兰的一个同事设计了下面这个非常巧妙的小实验。 - ...this clever new gadget.
这个构思巧妙的新奇小玩意儿
- ...a clever and gripping novel.
- PHRASE 聪明过头的;过分聪明的
If someone istoo clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.- His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.
崇拜他的人很多说他聪明;恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。
- His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being ingenious
- a plot of great ingenuity
- the cleverness of its design
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- the power of creative imagination
双语例句
- To be together all day long and never talk about fundamentals but take pleasure only in showing one's cleverness& indeed it's a hopeless case!
群居终日,言不及义,好行小慧,难矣哉。(《论语》) - I'll allow his cleverness.
我愿承认他的聪明。 - The actress's beauty and cleverness fascinated everyone.
那女演员的美丽与聪明迷住了每一个人。 - We all admired the cleverness of the device.
我们都羡慕这装置的灵巧。 - To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping.
逃避,逃脱用聪明的方法或欺骗避免或逃脱。 - Your cleverness and skill has compelled our admiration.
你的聪明和技巧使我们不得不敬佩。 - She kept on expatiating on her son's cleverness.
她长篇大论地说她儿子有多聪明,说个不停。 - Foreign language learning needs no cleverness, hardworking or good memory, but it needs interest and time.
外语学习不需要聪明,不需要刻苦,不需要记忆,而需要兴趣和时间。 - But that brings us back to the excessive cleverness ( and opacity) that we hope to avoid.
但是这又让我们回到了希望避免的聪明过度(和不透明性)上。 - And you might think what a strange right but there's a cleverness to it.
你可以会觉得这个权利很奇怪,但这条权利有它的聪明之处。