shrewd
[ʃru:d]
adj.精明的, 敏锐的, 狡猾的
例句与用法:
His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd tactician.
他的谈判技巧使他赢得了精明战略家的名声。
He's an artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman (all) rolled into one.
他既是艺术家,又是科学家,同时还是个精明的生意人。
He was a shrewd businessman. He knew which side his bread was buttered on.
他是一个精明的商人,深知自己的利益所在。
It was a shrewd assessment and probably pretty close to the truth.
这个评估很有道理,可能相当正确。
He is a shrewd and sometimes ruthless adversary.
他是个精明的、有时候冷酷无情的对手。
词形变化:
副词: shrewdly | 形容词比较级: shrewder | 形容词最高级: shrewdest |
a.
1. 精明的; 狡猾的
You made a shrewd investment there.
你在那里投资极为精明。
Her brother is a shrewd businessman.
她兄弟是个精明的生意人。
2. 机灵的, 敏锐的, 聪颖的
His shrewd eyes looked across at his wife.
他那敏锐的目光射向他的妻子。
shrewd
形容词比较级:shrewder
形容词最高级:shrewdest
词形变化:
副词: shrewdly | 形容词比较级: shrewder | 形容词最高级: shrewdest |
同义词:
smart | sharp | clever | crafty | cunning | canny | discerning | judicious | keen | astute | foxy | artful | smooth | knowing | wise | intelligent | on the ball | perceptive | insightful | acute | calculating | sharp-witted | sensible | accurate | slick | apt | subtle | shifty | mental | practical | sly | cute | perspicacious | sagacious | conniving | scheming | bright | ingenious | brilliant | calculative |
反义词:
dull |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.机灵的, 敏锐的
keen
clever
sharp
smart
artful
cunning
knowing
crafty
foxy
smooth
canny
同义参见:
sly
slick
shifty
practical
acute
discerning
calculating
mental
cute
judicious
subtle
apt
反义:
a.精明的; 合理的
dull
obtuse
shrewd[ʃru:d]adj.1.■精明的;机灵的;伶俐的2.■[古语、书面语]锐利的;剧烈的,厉害的3.■[废语]狡猾的;泼妇似的4.■[废语]坏的n.1.■精明;机灵2.■精明者;机灵的人变形adj.shrewdershrewdest
shrewdshrewd[ʃru:d]adj.1.■敏捷的, 机灵的, 精明的; 伶俐的2.■[古]严酷的; 剧烈的; 刺骨的, 猛烈的(风等)3.■狡猾的; 恶毒的a shrewd answer机敏的回答shrewd bargaining精明的讨价还价a shrewd pain剧痛do (one) a shrewd turn给(某人)吃一个苦头have a shrewd tongue说话刻薄
继承用法shrewdlyadv.shrewdnessn.
adjective
- having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute
精明的;敏锐的;机灵的
she was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture.
她非常敏锐,可以猜出他手势背后的动机。
a shrewd career move.
一个精明的职业举动。 - (archaic)(especially of weather) piercingly cold
(古)(尤指天气)寒冷刺骨的;凛冽的
a shrewd east wind.
凛冽的东风。
■(of a blow) severe
(打击)沉重的;尖锐的
a bayonet's shrewd thrust.
刺刀尖锐的一刺。
■mischievous; malicious
邪恶的;坏的
shrewdly
adverb
shrewdness
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'evil in nature or character'): from shrew in the sense 'evil person or thing', or as the past participle of obsolete shrew 'to curse'. The word developed the sense 'cunning', and gradually gained a favourable connotation during the 17th cent
shrewd
形容词 shrewd:
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
used of persons
同义词:calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming
shrewd
■Everyone considers him to be a shrewd businessperson.
Lesson 60 大家认为他是个精明旳生意人。
■"He was too shrewd to go along with them upon a road which could lead only to their overthrow" (J.A. Froude).
“他太精明了,和他们一块不会走上一条只能导致他们下台的道路” (J·A·弗劳德)。
■"He's a shrewd man, your father," he commented.
“他是一个精明人,你的父亲,”他说明。
■A shrewd diplomat must be a master of finesse.
一个精明的外交官必定是位手腕高手。
■A nobility of soldiers cannot keep down a commonalty of shrewd scientific persons.
一只高贵的军队不可能镇压一群具有精明科学意识的平民大众。
■This happens not only to salesmen , but to the shrewd, capable executives in top management .
不仅销售人员是这样,那些精明能干的高级管理人员也是这样。
■It's inexplicable why he should have fallen love with such a shrewd and insolent woman.
不知道他为什麽会爱上这样一个刁蛮的女人。
■Never introduce me to the people you're with. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.
不要把我介绍给你身边的人,当你晚一点介绍他们的时候,以我的精明推断我就会知道他们是谁。
■Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men.
乔丹?贝克本能地回避聪明机警的男人。
■Mr Adams is a shrewd man, he is not to be caught with chaff.
亚当斯先生是个机灵人,不容易上当。
■They are shrewd businessmen who keep their eyes peeled for every economic smoke signal.
他们是精明的生意人,对每一个经济征兆都极为注意。
■They had no knowledge of the past of mankind at all; at best they had a few shrewd guesses.
他们简直对于人类的以往毫无所知,最多不过有些锐利的猜测。
■They have a shrewd understanding of what consumers want.
他们精明的领会到消费者想要的。
■He is shrewd in business (matters).
他做生意很精明。
■He was just shrewd and calculating and heartless.
他只是狡猾,善于计谋,而且没有心肝。
■His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.
他回答记者的问题是很机敏的。
■He is famous for being a very shrewd criminal lawyer.
他因是一名精明的刑事律师而闻名。
■He is too shrewd to trust in business matters.
他在商业事务上太精明了,不能信赖。
■He's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.
他太狡猾, 生意上不宜信任。
■He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow.
他太精明了,永远也不会与他们一起走上不归之路。
■Ferguson had made some shrewd buys during the summer including Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ronny Johnsen.
他帮助曼联打入欧洲冠军杯,为英国俱乐部走向欧洲开辟了道路。
■One shrewd thing he did, which indicated the foresight and subtlety of the man.
他干的那件精明事,表现了这个家伙的深谋远虑和巧妙干炼。
■He was shrewd and sharp-witted.
他很精明机智。
■He was too shrewd not to notice the irony of being praised for qualities of conciliation contrary to the record of his entire public life.
他很精明,不会没有注意到这样一个矛盾:与他的整个政治生活记录相反,人们称赞他具有和解的品质。
■He was shrewd in his personal assessments.
他总能对人作出精明的评价。
■He's an artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman rolled into one.
他既是艺术家, 又是科学家, 同时还是个精明的生意人.
■He's an artist,a scientist and a shrewd businessman(all)rolled into one.
他既是艺术家,又是科学家,同时还是个精明的生意人.
■He isan artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman all rolled into one.
他既是艺术家,又是科学家,同时还是个精明的生意人。
■He's an artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman (all) rolled into one.
他既是艺术家,又是科学家,同时还是个精明的生意人。
■He whanged his son a shrewd one yesterday.
他昨天狠狠打了他儿子一下。
■He was a shrewd, sagacious old man.
他是一个相当机敏,很有远见的老人。
■He was a shrewd and wealthy business-man,but the ordinary town- folk hardly knew anything about this side of his life.
他是一个精明、能干的、有钱的生意人。但是镇上一般的人几乎不知道他生活中的这些情况。
■He was a shrewd businessman. He knew which side his breadwas buttered on.
他是一个精明的商人,深知自己的利益所在。
■He is a shrewd businessman and knows where his profit comes from.
他是一个精明的商人,深知自己的利益所在。
■He was a shrewd and wealthy business-man, but the ordinary town- folk hardly knew anything about this side of his life.
他是一个精明}>能干的、有钱的生意人。但是镇上一般的人几乎不知道他生活中的这些情况。
■He is a typical farmer, 50 years old, with dark skin, a robust physique, and simple smile reveals a shrewd Yi Gu.
他是一位典型的农民,50岁出头,黝黑的皮肤、健壮的体格,朴实的笑容中透着一股精明。
■He is a very clever and very shrewd politician.
他是一位饶有智计精于计谋的政治家。
■He is a shrewd lawyer who knows all the tricks.
他是个深谙一切个中诀窍的精明律师。
■He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.
他是个精明强干的律师,能从一连串文件的蛛丝马迹中找出诈骗。
■He was a shrewd and wealthy business-man.
他是个精明有钱的生意人。
■He is a shrewd and sometimes ruthless adversary.
他是个精明的、有时候冷酷无情的对手。
■He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life.
他是个精明能干、有钱的商人,但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知。
■He was a shrewd and wealthy business-man, but the ordinary town-folk hardly knew anything about this side of his life.
他是个精明能干、有钱的商人,但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知
■He was too shrewd a businessman to accept the first offer.
他是个非常精明的商人,不可能接受第一个报价。
■He isn't shrewd enough to organize a thing of that kind.
他是没有那么精明去干那种事的。
■He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trail of fraud.
他是精明能干的律师,能从一连串文件的蛛丝马迹中找出诈骗。
■He was Rudolph's best friend on the campus, an energetic, overt boy, cynical and shrewd behind a lazy Oklahoma drawl.
他是鲁道夫在学院中最要好的朋友,是个精力旺盛、诚挚坦率的小伙子,在他那懒洋洋的俄克拉何马州的拖沓口音后面,隐藏着精明强干和愤世嫉俗。
■He was shrewd after his kind, and yet there was enough decency in the man to stop him from making any effectual protest.
他有他的精明之处,可是这个人很好面子,这妨碍了他提出任何有力的抗议。
■He looked at them, his wellshaped mouth open happily, his eyes, from which he had suddenly withdrawn all shrewd sense, blinking with mad gaiety.
他望着他们,高兴地张开那生得很俊的嘴唇,两眼那股精明洞察的神色顿然收敛,带着狂热欢快地眨巴着。
■He was essentially a shrewd battle leader.
他本质上是一位机敏的战场领袖。