astute

英 [əˈstjuːt]

美 [əˈstuːt]

adj.  精明的; 狡猾的

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Collins.1 / BNC.13698 / COCA.13115

牛津词典

adj.

• 精明的；狡猾的
  very clever and quick at seeing what to do in a particular situation, especially how to get an advantage
  1. an astute businessman/politician/observer
     精明的商人；狡猾的政客；敏锐的观察家
  2. It was an astute move to sell the shares then.
     那时出售股份是精明之举。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 精明的；敏锐的
  If you describe someone asastute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
  1. She was politically astute...
     她很有政治头脑。
  2. He made a series of astute business decisions.
     他作出了一系列精明的商业决策。

英英释义

adj

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  1. a smart businessman
  2. an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
  3. he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
  Synonym:sharpshrewd

双语例句

• He is an astute if controversial politician.
  尽管有争议，他却是个精明的政治家。
• Had he been more astute he might have stayed in power longer.
  要是城府更深些的话，他掌权的时间也许会更长些了。
• He is an astute politician and the nearest thing to a worm-class statesman that Cambridge has ever produced.
  他是个精明的政治家，可以说是剑桥培养出来的一位世界一流的政治家。
• She was politically astute
  她很有政治头脑。
• The company you keep is more culturally astute and you hope to emulate their tastes.
  你所交往的人往往品味出众，而你希望能够仿效对方。
• He did not write the treaty alone but in collaboration with three astute and determined negotiators.
  他并不是一个人，而是和三个诡计多端并且坚决的谈判者一起拟订条约的。
• By the1870s, farmers had become more astute vis-a-vis national politics.
  到了19世纪70年代，农民们在应付国家政策方面变得更加精明了。
• Even if the most astute consumer, also hard to avoid is broken.
  即使是最精明的消费者，也难免一失。
• Would not that astute official see that I was only posing as a real person?
  这位精明的职员会不会看出我只是在冒充真人呢？
• To go on seeing all those people who had known him as a "long-headed chap", an astute adviser after that no!
  那些人一直认为他是个精明家伙，是个足智多谋的法律顾问；在这事之后还继续跟那些人见面&决不会！