shrewdness

1. Freed acted with his accustomed shrewdness.
   弗里德以他一贯的精明风范行动起来。
2. He was more than my match in diplomatic shrewdness.
   论外交手腕之精明，我远不敌他。
3. But Sun Yumin, one of the founders of a Shanghai-based bartering website, and Li` s friend, believes successful bartering calls for "a special talent"-a combination of a salesman` s persuasiveness and a collector` s shrewdness.
   作为上海某易物网的创始人之一，李女士的朋友孙玉敏（音译）认为成功易物需要具备特殊才能&要兼具销售员的好口才和收藏家的精明。
4. In the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness, and persistence and faith.
   我们从他的一生中看到，他奋勇斗争，殚智竭虑，坚韧不拔，坚持信念，在历史上赢得了自己的地位。
5. With her latest film, she has proven herself to be a director of consideralbe shrewdness and imagination.
   以她最新的影片，她证明自己是个相当有眼光并且有想象力的导演。
6. In his time, the old gentleman was a working mason, and had risen form the ranks more, I think, by shrewdness than by merit.
   那时，这老头儿只不过是个泥瓦工罢了。他之所以发迹，我认为靠的是精明的而不是业绩。
7. Jimmy had a respect for his father's shrewdness in business matters.
   吉米的父亲经商有方，吉米向来佩服他。
8. On the other hand one can easily imagine his remark about that insidious and crafty animal vulgarly called statesman or politician being repeated today, reflecting the same Scottish shrewdness.
   另一方面，我们不难想象，他有关狡猾的动物即世俗所谓政治家或政客的言论在今天也依然适用，这同样反映出苏格兰人的精明圆滑。
9. What matters in the long run is whether our rulers hope to gain more from the folly of men, or from their independence of judgement and their shrewdness of mind.
   长期起重大作用的是：我们的统治者是希望从人们的愚蠢之中，而不是从人们的独立判断和敏锐思想之中，获得更多的东西。
10. Relating to or having characteristics ( eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury.
    具有墨丘利神所具备的善辩、精明、敏捷和鬼祟特点。
11. He is widely admired for his shrewdness by both Shias and Sunnis, in Lebanon and the wider region.
    虽然他以他的精明，赢得了包括黎巴嫩和其他广阔地区在内的什叶派和逊尼派的广泛称誉。
12. A Soviet leader of proven shrewdness and prescience ( Joyce Carol Oates) See Usage Note at prove
    一位被公认为精明而有预见力的苏联领导人（乔伊丝卡罗尔奥茨）参见
13. He combined consummate shrewdness with the disposition.
    他把高度的精明和这个性格结合了起来。
14. 'And a passage home?' he added, with a look of great shrewdness. "Perhaps," said the other, winking shrewdly.
    还让我坐船回去？他又精明地问。也许吧，'对方精明地眨了一下眼睛说道。
15. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns.
    敏锐的，精明的有或显示出精明和敏锐的理解力或判断力，尤指对与其相关的方面。
16. On the contrary, with shrewdness and knowledge, Sergeant Cuff is a famous city policeman.
    正相反，机警又博学，警官Cuff是一个著名的城市警察。
17. People without the Taurus energy running through them, lack the shrewdness and possessiveness to really profit from this life, especially in the financial or material sense.
    没有金牛座的能量加持的人，此生都会缺乏心机和对获取报酬的执念，特别是在对于物质财富的天赋。
18. She had a round, highly colored face in which was combined good-natured shrewdness and the habit of command.
    她的脸圆圆的，面色较深，流露出和善精明而习惯于指挥别人的神情。
19. The role of a disarming little old lady playing a spy was acted with unexpected shrewdness by Whitty but it was Hitchcock who really brought this veteran actress out of her comfortable cocoon.
    蕙蒂突破性的敏捷表演方式，演出没带武器、娇小的老妇担任间谍工作，希区考克真得让这位资深女演员突破旧有窠臼。
20. With great shrewdness, Jane decided not to repeat the news she had heard that morning.
    简非常精明，她决定不提她那天早晨听到的新闻。
21. They bring to their studies a sharpness and a shrewdness which you do not expect in an18 year old.
    他们在学习中显示出一种在18岁的人身上预料不到的敏锐和精明。
22. These two work well as a team-Capricorn is highly organized and Scorpio has native shrewdness.
    他们两个组成一个团队的时候，摩羯的高组织能力可以和天蝎天生的精明相配合。
23. My fleeting impression was of an intellectual face of great shrewdness.
    我在一霎那间所得的印象，是一个非常精明的知识分子的面孔。
24. You don't have a bit of "shrewdness"
    你少一点“机灵劲”
25. The structure of the novel is exquisitely deft, the characterization in the highest degree memorable, while the irony has a radiant shrewdness unmatched elsewhere.
    这部小说结构精致灵巧，人物描写令人难忘，讽刺出其不意。
26. I was young and spirited and like most lads that have been country-bred, I had a great opinion of my shrewdness.
    我还年轻，精神饱满，好象大多数农村里出身的孩子那样，相信自己还有一套机灵的办法。
27. Sprint is a highly skilled sport, which involves the speed, patience, shrewdness, bursting force and strength, especially the absolute speed and strength.
    短跑是技术性很强的运动，对人的速度、耐力、灵敏、爆发力及力量素质要求很高，尤其是绝对速度和力量素质要求则更高。

noun

1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

   Synonym:    astutenessperspicacityperspicaciousness