Shrewd
[ʃruːd] or [ʃrud]
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
(superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
(superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
杰勒德整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Artful, cunning, sly, wily, subtle, crafty, arch, astute, Machiavelian.[2]. Sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, keen, ingenious, discerning, intelligent, deep, profound.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Sagacious, penetrating, astute, discriminating, intelligent, discerning, acute
ANT:Stolid, undiscerning, unsagacious, stupid, dull
整理:莉莲
例句/造句/用法:
- The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A good deal of it is true as gospel, and shrewd besides. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Then our comrade, always a shrewd businessman, offered to take the whole cargo at thirty days, but that little financial scheme was a failure. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He was a shrewd man, and therefore, when he withdrew from that trade in 1767, it is probable that he foresaw that he was on the track of something better. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Johnson, who was Edison's shrewd recruiting sergeant in those days: I resigned sooner than Johnson expected, and he had me on his hands. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A small body of very shrewd men was growing immensely rich. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Somewhat akin to this is a shrewd comment on one feature of the Exposition: I spent several days in the Exposition at Paris. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- There was much sense in your smile: it was very shrewd, and seemed to make light of your own abstraction. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Taking advantage of the inflated market, many of our shrewdest operators are selling short. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
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