acumen
pronunciation
UK [ˈækjəmən]
US [ˈækjəmən]
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- n.
- 敏锐
- 聪明
- <植>渐尖头
- <动>短刺
Word Origin
acumen 精明
来自词根ac, 尖。-men名词后缀,同-ment.
Example
- 1. That ought to cast doubt on the financial acumen of the executives concerned .
- 这应该引起对管理人员财务敏锐的怀疑。
- 2. Unfortunately , lord wardington died just before the market endorsed his collecting acumen .
- 不幸的是,就在沃丁顿爵士在收藏方面的洞察力获得市场认可之前,他去世了。
- 3. Education is not just about going to school and college and piling up the degrees behind your name ; it 's the learning process which augments our knowledge and provides us with enhanced skills , acumen and wisdom .
- 教育不只是说去上学或者上大学获得写有你名字的学位证书而已,它是学习的过程,增加我们的知识量并且提供我们更多高级技能和聪明才智。
- 4. The dissidents like to boast of their acumen , but would-be helpful foreign governments as well as protesters inside syria are tiring of a council that has proved opaque , indecisive and politically naive .
- 异见人士喜欢吹嘘自己的聪明,但是未来可能会提供帮助的外国政府和叙利亚国内的示威者已经对这个实际上捉摸不定,优柔寡断和政治上还很幼稚的委员感到很厌倦了。
- 5. His answer is that previously , ngos had tried to tackle it , when what was needed was business acumen .
- 他的答案是,非政府组织早先曾试图解决这个问题,当时需要的是商业上的敏锐。
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