astute

英 [ə'stjuːt] 美 [ə'stuːt]

• adj. 机敏的；精明的；狡猾的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 狡猾的
2. 精明的
3. 机敏的
4. 敏锐的
5. 诡计多端的
6. 伶俐的
7. 聪明的
8. 巧妙的

adv. 副词

1. 敏锐地
2. 精明地

n. 名词

1. 精明
2. 敏锐
3. 英国制造的的一种潜艇的名字

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. But by this point, any astute businessperson has a new product waiting in the wings, ready to hit the market and revitalize his business.
   但到了此时，任何机敏的业主都已经开发出新产品，准备好重新进入市场开始自己新的生意。
2. Only Parmalat's seemingly astute ability to rapidly grow earnings and revenues with acquisitions had placated those concerns.
   不过，帕玛拉特所拥有似乎很机敏的能力，可以通过收购快速提高利润和收入，才打消市场疑虑。
3. Astute salesmen know how to invest emotionally.
   精明的商人懂得如何感情投资。
4. Zhou Enlai was too astute to rail against reality.
   周恩来是一个非常精明的人，他不会诅咒现实。
5. Despite his primitive dress and thuggish demeanor, Yavid was actually an astute field commander, drawing on strategies he had learned in his military studies as a youth.
   尽管衣着原始，行为凶蛮，亚维德却是个狡猾的战地指挥官，他年轻时受过军事教育，懂得制订战略。

经典引文

• He made a bad slip when he allowed my astute friend to notice the number of the seat taken for his wife.

  出自： Conan Doyle

• It seemed an astute stroke of German imperial tactics to send Lenin safely through Germany to Russia.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

近反义词

【近义词】

• judicious 明智的
• shrewd 精明的
• crooked 弯曲的
• apt 恰当的
• acute 严重的
• discerning 有见识的
• gifted 有天赋的
• smart 时髦的
• perceptive 敏感的
• incisive 一针见血的
• wise 聪明的
• intelligent 聪明的
• clever 聪明的
• perspicacious 颖悟的
• sharp 锋利的