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
- 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。 - She had a round, highly colored face in which was combined good-natured shrewdness and the habit of command.
她的脸圆圆的,面色较深,流露出和善精明而习惯于指挥别人的神情。 - '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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Sprint is a highly skilled sport, which involves the speed, patience, shrewdness, bursting force and strength, especially the absolute speed and strength.
短跑是技术性很强的运动,对人的速度、耐力、灵敏、爆发力及力量素质要求很高,尤其是绝对速度和力量素质要求则更高。 - He was more than my match in diplomatic shrewdness.
论外交手腕之精明,我远不敌他。 - But Sun Yumin, one of the founders of a Shanghai-based bartering website, and Li` s friend, believes successful bartering calls for "a special talent"-a combination of a salesman` s persuasiveness and a collector` s shrewdness.
作为上海某易物网的创始人之一,李女士的朋友孙玉敏(音译)认为成功易物需要具备特殊才能&要兼具销售员的好口才和收藏家的精明。 - Freed acted with his accustomed shrewdness.
弗里德以他一贯的精明风范行动起来。 - He combined consummate shrewdness with the disposition.
他把高度的精明和这个性格结合了起来。
