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

• 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。
• To go on seeing all those people who had known him as a "long-headed chap", an astute adviser after that no!
  那些人一直认为他是个精明家伙，是个足智多谋的法律顾问；在这事之后还继续跟那些人见面&决不会！
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• At this juncture, we need historical insight, cross-board vision, astute wisdom and resolute decision.
  此时此刻，我们最需要的是历史的远见、博大的胸襟、机敏的聪明和不美观敢的决计。
• He is an astute if controversial politician.
  尽管有争议，他却是个精明的政治家。
• 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。
• He made a series of astute business decisions.
  他作出了一系列精明的商业决策。
• But it was politically astute.
  但从政治角度看是精明的。