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

• Data stewards need to be politically astute and good at conflict resolution.
  数据董事必须在政治上精明和善于解决冲突的办法。
• This is exactly the situation in which you could expect a politically astute council president to make a difference.
  这正是你或许预计一位政治英明的理事会主席能大有作为的局面。
• Please pray that I have keen observation and astute sensitivity to seize any available ministry opportunities to serve.
  请代祷使我有敏锐的观察和精明敏感性抓住任何的机会去事奉。
• Such a policy is tactically astute but offers no strategic vision.
  这一政策从策略上来说是精明的，但却缺乏战略视角。
• 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。
• But it was politically astute.
  但从政治角度看是精明的。
• 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。
• Levi, who was an astute businessman, saw the potential for this new product and agreed to Jacob's proposal.
  作为一个精明的商人，李维一眼就看出了这项新产品的无限商机，同意了雅各布的提议。
• It is up to the astute clinician to evaluate these changes and to relate them to occupational exposure.
  机敏的医师可以估价这些变化，并找出它们与职业性暴露的关系。