首页英语词典shrewdshrewd英英释意

shrewd

英[ʃruːd] 美[ʃrud]
  • adj. 精明的;狡猾的;机灵的
  • n. 精明(的人);机灵(的人)

英英释意


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"