| 单词 | shrewd |
| 释义 | shrewd (once / 326 pages) adj If you are shrewd in your spending, you can make a small salary go a long way. Use the adjective shrewd to describe a person or thing that is smart or clever in a practical sort of way. The word shrewd is from a Middle English adjective formed from the noun schrewe "an evil person, a villain." This Middle English noun is an earlier form of our modern English word shrew. So shrewd and shrew are related to each other. Shrewd doesn't usually have a disapproving or negative tone, but shrew certainly does. WORD FAMILYshrewd: shrewder, shrewdest, shrewdly, shrewdness USAGE EXAMPLESWisconsin assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who was a college roommate of Priebus’s, described him as “a shrewd operator, in the best sense of the word.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Pulis is shrewd enough to want to see if the club's owners - who did not appoint him - will back him. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) It’s her character’s job to be the rational one, the shrewd warrior who uses logic and calm in the face of nature’s thuggishness. Time(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj marked by practical hardheaded intelligence he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow Syn astute, sharp smart showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness 2adj used of persons Syn calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming hard dispassionate |
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