shrewd

adjective

/ʃruːd/

(comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest)

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clever at understanding and making judgements about a situation synonym astute
- a shrewd businessman
- She is a shrewd judge of character.
- Paul was too shrewd to be taken in by this argument.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
showing good judgement and likely to be right
- a shrewd move
- I have a shrewd idea who the mystery caller was.
- I could take a pretty shrewd guess at who had sent the letter.

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘evil in nature or character’): from shrew in the sense ‘evil person or thing’, or as the past participle of obsolete shrew ‘to curse’. The word developed the sense ‘cunning’, and gradually gained a favourable connotation during the 17th cent.

单词	shrewd
释义	shrewd adjective /ʃruːd/ /ʃruːd/ (comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest) jump to other results clever at understanding and making judgements about a situation synonym astute a shrewd businessman She is a shrewd judge of character. Paul was too shrewd to be taken in by this argument. Topics Personal qualitiesc2 showing good judgement and likely to be right a shrewd move I have a shrewd idea who the mystery caller was. I could take a pretty shrewd guess at who had sent the letter. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘evil in nature or character’): from shrew in the sense ‘evil person or thing’, or as the past participle of obsolete shrew ‘to curse’. The word developed the sense ‘cunning’, and gradually gained a favourable connotation during the 17th cent.
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