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单词 astute
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astute

adjective
/əˈstjuːt/
/əˈstuːt/
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  1. very clever and quick at seeing what to do in a particular situation, especially how to get an advantage synonym shrewd
    • an astute businessman/politician/observer
    • It was an astute move to sell the shares then.
    • She was astute enough to realize that what Jack wanted was her money.
    Extra Examples
    • He was an astute and ruthless business operator.
    • My mother was more financially astute than my father.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • very
    • financially
    • politically
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French astut or Latin astutus, from astus ‘craft’.
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