Shrewdness
['ʃru:dnis]
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Cunning, archness, artfulness, subtlety, craft, astuteness, slyness, art, address, skill, policy.[2]. Sagacity, acumen, acuteness, perspicacity, sharpness, keenness, ingenuity, discernment, penetration, intelligence, mother-wit, quick parts.
编辑:普鲁登斯
例句:
- Of my friend Heep,' said Mr. Micawber, 'who is a man of remarkable shrewdness, I desire to speak with all possible respect. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- But they had reckoned without the political shrewdness of the socialists. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- This original method of reducing the amount of physical labor involved in watch-winding brings to mind another instance of shrewdness mentioned by Edison, with regard to his newsboy days. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Rome has always had too much of the shrewdness of the priest and too little of the power of the prophet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Miss Morrison is a little ethereal slip of a girl, with timid eyes and blond hair, but I found her by no means wanting in shrewdness and common-sense. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Phineas was tall and lathy, red-haired, with an expression of great acuteness and shrewdness in his face. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Edison's native shrewdness and knowledge of human nature was put to practical use in the busy days of plant construction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Oh, I don't mean that; he wouldn't believe it of you--at first, said Mrs. Trenor, with candid shrewdness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I do not think one could have seen where two particles joined each other with eyes of ordinary shrewdness. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
手打:莫林