shrewd
英[ʃruːd]
美[ʃrud]
- adj. 精明的;狡猾的;机灵的
- n. 精明(的人);机灵(的人)
英英释意
- 1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
- "a smart businessman"
- "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"
- "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
- 2. used of persons;
- "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"