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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He made a series of astute business decisions.
他作出了一系列精明的商业决策。
He is an astute if controversial politician.
尽管有争议，他却是个精明的政治家。
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。
Despite his occasional flights of emotion and fancy, he is an astute politician.
尽管他偶尔也迸发出感情和想象的火花，但他毕竟是一位精明的政治家。
The astute or the mathematicians will realize that what will happen here?
机敏的人或数学家将认识到，这里将发生什么？