| 英语单词 | shrewd |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ʃruːd] 美 [ʃruːd] |
| 中文释义 | adj.精明的;敏锐的;狡猾的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Her brother is a shrewd businessman. (2) It was a shrewd assessment and probably pretty close to the truth. (3) He's an artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman (all) rolled into one. (4) His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd tactician. (5) His shrewd eyes looked across at his wife. (6) The question was a quick, shrewd parry. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 她兄弟是个精明的生意人。 (2) 这个评估很有道理,可能相当正确。 (3) 他既是艺术家,又是科学家,同时还是个精明的生意人。 (4) 他的谈判技巧使他赢得了精明战略家的名声。 (5) 他那敏锐的目光射向他的妻子。 (6) 这句问话是一种穷急智生的狡猾的遁辞词。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you are shrewd in your spending, you can make a small salary go a long way. Use the adjective shrewd to describe a person or thing that is smart or clever in a practical sort of way. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word shrewd is from a Middle English adjective formed from the noun schrewe "an evil person, a villain." This Middle English noun is an earlier form of our modern English word shrew. So shrewd and shrew are related to each other. Shrewd doesn't usually have a disapproving or negative tone, but shrew certainly does. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]精明的;敏锐的;有眼光的;精于盘算的 A shrewd person is able to understand and judge a situation quickly and to use this understanding to their own advantage.
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