Shrewdness
['ʃru:dnis]
同義詞及近義詞：
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.
編輯:普鲁登斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Of my friend Heep,' said Mr. Micawber, 'who is a man of remarkable shrewdness, I desire to speak with all possible respect. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But they had reckoned without the political shrewdness of the socialists. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Rome has always had too much of the shrewdness of the priest and too little of the power of the prophet. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Phineas was tall and lathy, red-haired, with an expression of great acuteness and shrewdness in his face. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Edison's native shrewdness and knowledge of human nature was put to practical use in the busy days of plant construction. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Oh, I don't mean that; he wouldn't believe it of you--at first, said Mrs. Trenor, with candid shrewdness. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I do not think one could have seen where two particles joined each other with eyes of ordinary shrewdness. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
手打:莫林