shrewd

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++shrewd /ʃruːd/ adjective 1 INTELLIGENTgood at judging what people or situations are really like 善于判断的，精明的，敏锐的 Malcolm is a shrewd businessman. 马尔科姆是个精明的商人。 She was shrewd enough to guess who was responsible. 她很精明，一猜就知道是谁干的。 Capra looked at her with shrewd eyes. 卡普拉眼神犀利地看着她。2 INTELLIGENTwell judged and likely to be right 判断准确的，英明的 a shrewd decision 英明的决定 Bridget has a shrewd idea of what will sell. 布里奇特很清楚什么东西好卖。 —shrewdly adverb ‘Something tells me you’ve already decided, ’ he said shrewdly. “我看出来你已经决定了。”他精明地说。 —shrewdness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

shrewd• Kyle is a shrewd, aggressive manager.• We assumed that so long as we moved along shrewd and cautious and quiet we would be safe.• As a manager, Watson is both shrewd and tough.• Dark-haired, he had shrewd beady eyes, was clean-shaven and showed the beginnings of a jowl.• Are you a shrewd businessman, quick to see an opportunity or a bargain?• Was he, perhaps, an actor, a ghost, a shrewd fiction?• Thanks to some shrewd investments, they've got plenty of money left.• He made a large personal fortune, partly from fees, partly from shrewd investments.• Sachs was a shrewd judge of character, and chose his staff well.• There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution.• Pre-match preparation and shrewd organisation have created consistency.• They had once been shrewd traders of horseflesh.Origin shrewd (1200-1300) shrew in the old meaning “very bad man”

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shrewd
shrewd /ʃruːd/