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 the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness, and persistence and faith.
我们从他的一生中看到,他奋勇斗争,殚智竭虑,坚韧不拔,坚持信念,在历史上赢得了自己的地位。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 role of a disarming little old lady playing a spy was acted with unexpected shrewdness by Whitty but it was Hitchcock who really brought this veteran actress out of her comfortable cocoon.
蕙蒂突破性的敏捷表演方式,演出没带武器、娇小的老妇担任间谍工作,希区考克真得让这位资深女演员突破旧有窠臼。 - 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。 - '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。 - 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。 - 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。