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
- 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。 - Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns.
敏锐的,精明的有或显示出精明和敏锐的理解力或判断力,尤指对与其相关的方面。 - 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 - 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。 - He is widely admired for his shrewdness by both Shias and Sunnis, in Lebanon and the wider region.
虽然他以他的精明,赢得了包括黎巴嫩和其他广阔地区在内的什叶派和逊尼派的广泛称誉。 - Jimmy had a respect for his father's shrewdness in business matters.
吉米的父亲经商有方,吉米向来佩服他。 - He was more than my match in diplomatic shrewdness.
论外交手腕之精明,我远不敌他。 - You don't have a bit of "shrewdness"
你少一点“机灵劲” - 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。 - 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。