astute
pronunciation
UK [əˈstjuːt]
US [əˈstuːt]
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- adj.
- 机敏的，精明的，狡猾的
- 聪慧
Word Origin
astute 精明的
可能来自希腊语asty, 城市，来自词根st, 站立。词源同asteism, 城里人的，故作绅士派头的。
Example
- 1. Apple is ruthlessly astute in protecting its business model .
- 苹果无情而精明地保护着自己的商业模式。
- 2. Instead , it provided a surprisingly astute guide to how capitalism can work best .
- 事实上，它却从一个异常敏锐的视角，展示出资本主义如何才能最有效地运转。
- 3. Yet it is also an astute observation about art .
- 但这也是源自一种对艺术的机敏观察。
- 4. I confess I have not read battle hymn of the tiger mother , only excerpts and several astute reviews .
- 我承认我没看过《虎妈战歌》只看了一些摘录和几条机敏的评论。
- 5. The citadel , therefore , is doomed to capitulate and its stubborn resistance merely serves to create profit opportunities for astute traders .
- 因此，防御者注定会缴械投降，其顽固的抵抗只会为狡猾的商人创造谋利机会。
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