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    perspicacious

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++per·spi·ca·cious /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs◂ $ ˌpɜːr-/ adjective formal  JUDGEgood at judging and understanding people and situations 判断力强的，敏锐的，有洞察力的 SYN perceptive —perspicaciously adverb —perspicacity /-ˈkæsəti/ noun [uncountable]
    Examples from the Corpus
    perspicacious• Towards the end of the infantile period the child is becoming more perspicacious.• a perspicacious critic• Khrushchev may have been perspicacious enough to imagine the day when his turn would come and he would become Special Pensioner Khrushchev.    Origin perspicacious (1600-1700) Latin perspicax, from perspicere; → PERSPECTIVE
    per·spi·ca·cious adjectiveChineseSyllable
    people Corpus good at and judging situations understanding and


    perspicacious
    per‧spi‧ca‧cious /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs◂ $ ˌpɜːr-/ adjective formal
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: perspicax, from perspicere; ⇨ perspective
    good at judging and understanding people and situations
       SYN  perceptive
    —perspicaciously adverb
    —perspicacity /-ˈkæsəti, -ˈkæsɪti/ noun [uncountable]


    per·spi·ca·ciousBrE /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpɜːrspɪˈkeɪʃəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) able to understand sb/sth quickly and accurately; showing this 敏锐的；有洞察力的；精辟的◆a perspicacious remark入木三分的评论▸ per·spi·ca·city BrE /ˌpɜːspɪˈkæsəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpɜːrspɪˈkæsəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]