Shrewd

(superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

(superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

(superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.

杰勒德整理

• The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A good deal of it is true as gospel, and shrewd besides. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Then our comrade, always a shrewd businessman, offered to take the whole cargo at thirty days, but that little financial scheme was a failure. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He was a shrewd man, and therefore, when he withdrew from that trade in 1767, it is probable that he foresaw that he was on the track of something better. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Johnson, who was Edison's shrewd recruiting sergeant in those days: I resigned sooner than Johnson expected, and he had me on his hands. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A small body of very shrewd men was growing immensely rich. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Somewhat akin to this is a shrewd comment on one feature of the Exposition: I spent several days in the Exposition at Paris. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There was much sense in your smile: it was very shrewd, and seemed to make light of your own abstraction. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Taking advantage of the inflated market, many of our shrewdest operators are selling short. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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