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

• The astute Augustine obviously wasn't much help on this matter.
  显然，聪明的奥古斯汀在这个问题上帮不了什么忙。
• He is an astute if controversial politician.
  尽管有争议，他却是个精明的政治家。
• 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？
• China's real estate is the world's most astute businessmen, and also more able to Huyou.
  中国的房地产商人是世界上最精明的，也比较能忽悠。
• 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。
• He is an extremely astute political tactician
  他是个极其精明的政治谋略家。
• She was politically astute
  她很有政治头脑。
• But it was politically astute.
  但从政治角度看是精明的。
• He made a series of astute business decisions.
  他作出了一系列精明的商业决策。
• 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。