shrewd

释义

adj.精明的，敏锐的; 奸诈的，狡猾的; 有眼光的; 精于盘算的

大小写变形: SHREWD

词态变化

比较级 :   shrewder ; 最高级 :   shrewdest ; 副词 :   shrewdly ; 名词 :   shrewdness ;

实用场景例句

She's a shrewd entrepreneur...

她是个精明的企业家。

金山词霸

His piercing grey eyes, though shrewd, radiated a warm kindness.

他锐利的灰色眼睛虽然精明，却散发着温暖的亲切感。

金山词霸

She is a shrewd negotiator in business deals.

她在商业谈判中非常精明。

金山词霸

She is a shrewd businesswoman with sharp instincts.

她是个精明能干、直觉敏锐的女商人。

金山词霸

a shrewd decision

明智的决定

金山词霸

She made a shrewd guess about the hidden meaning of his words.

她对他的话中隐藏的意思做出了精明的猜测。

金山词霸

She is shrewd in a sort.

她还算精明.

期刊摘选

His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.

他回答记者的问题是很机敏的.

《简明英汉词典》

Flattery cuts no ice with Alison , she's far too shrewd.

奉承对阿森林不起任何作用, 她太精明了.

期刊摘选

A: My boss a shrewd businessman everyone admires him.

甲: 我的老板是个非常精明的生意人,每个人都很欣赏他.

期刊摘选

Shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge.

精明的采购需要大量知识.

期刊摘选

Drouet was not shrewd enough to see that this was not tactful.

杜洛埃不够精明,看不出这么做太没有策略了.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

She was no great reasoner where affection entered in, but shrewd enough without it.

她一有了感情就不善于推理, 但是没有感情却是非常伶俐的.

辞典例句

For the present, shrewd man that he was, he was prepared to compromise.

在目前, 连他那样精明的人也准备妥协的.

辞典例句

A: My boss is such a shrewd businessman everyone admires him.

我的老板是个非常精明的生意人,每个人都很欣赏他.

期刊摘选

Othello. But denoted a foregone conclusion :'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.

奥 瑟 罗但是过去发生过什麽事就可想而知; 虽然只是一个梦,怎麽能不叫人起疑呢.

期刊摘选

She answered pomposity with irony and dominated conversations by her personality and shrewd psychology.

对于虚夸自负她用的是反唇相讥,她以她的人品和机敏的心理来控制同人家谈话的进程.

辞典例句

Affable, friendly, exceedingly shrewd , and speaking French capably, he was admirably suited for his task.

殷勤, 友善, 非常精干, 并能说流利的法语, 他对他的任务确能胜任愉快.

辞典例句

He's shrewd and sometimes ruthless.

他精明,有时颇为残忍.

期刊摘选

He was shrewd in his personal assessments.

他总能对人作出精明的评价.

《简明英汉词典》

Though still in his teens, Tom is shrewd at a bargain.

虽然汤姆才十多岁,可是讨价还价却很在行.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

Today, because of shrewd advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Adjective

1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;

"a smart businessman"

"an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"

"he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

2. used of persons;

"the most calculating and selfish men in the community"