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shrewd [ʃru:d]

a. 精明的, 锐利的, 剧烈的, 机灵的, 厉害的

shrewd

[ adj ]

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

<adj.all>

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

used of persons

<adj.all>

the most calculating and selfish men in the community

Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. {Shrewder}; superl. {Shrewdest}.]
[Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]
1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence,
vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious;
rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

[Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the
great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass
by. --Sir J.
Mandeville.

Every of this happy number
That have endured shrewd days and nights with us.
--Shak.

2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
--Shak.

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

Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind
creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
--Secker.

Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious;
discerning; acute; penetrating.

Usage: {Shrewd}, {Sagacious}. One who is shrewd is keen to
detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and
guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a
word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a
comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas
shrewd does not.
※ -- {Shrewd"ly}, adv. -- {Shrewd"ness},
n.

Machiavelli, that shrewd sociologist of leadership, would have doubted it.
Although the most experienced man of the sea, he has rejected almost all of that ethos in favour of a shrewd, patient knowledge of humanity.
He's tough. He's the best trader I've ever seen." San Antonio lawyer James Ingram: "He's very tough and very shrewd.
Kuwaitis have one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, about $20,000 a year, and the al-Sabah clan is greatly admired for its shrewd investment of the oil wealth.
"They're called alley entrepreneurs," he said. "Some of these people have developed shrewd operations.
Before that, he was in charge of marketing at Falconbridge, the international nickel producer. Mr Bill James, his former boss at Falconbridge, remembers Mr Bonar as a 'pretty shrewd guy'.
Government employees still slip and refer to "President Stroessner" instead of "President Rodriguez," but the ever-present photos of the stocky, shrewd ex-army commander-in-chief have disappeared from their offices.
The rest may come later." "Obviously, being president is on his mind," says former Democratic National Chairman Robert Strauss. "He's that smart and that shrewd and that ambitious.
The third part deals with John Paul II's effort to recover the true spirit of the council and contains a shrewd analysis of the Extraordinary Synod called on the 20th anniversary of the close of Vatican II.
Day played a dimwitted stooge on Benny's radio and TV variety shows, but he was shrewd in his contract maneuvering with studios and networks.
Already, though, one must assume that the Keswicks have a shrewd idea of the sort of value they can extract.
Guided by the shrewd hand of James Baker and the almost minute-by-minute polling of Bob Teeter, the GOP handlers decided early on that this contest would be a triumph of imagery over issues.
It's hard to say with certainty, because the highway system in this country is so recent that natural selection has not yet had time to operate and decisively favor animals shrewd enough to prefer offroad habitats.
Being a shrewd businessman, Mr Chauhan negotiated with both Pepsi and Coke before selling out to the highest bidder. Mr Jaydev H. Raja, Coca-Cola India's president, says that 'India was one of our last major frontiers.
The government claimed he was a shrewd con man who convinced Wall Street investors and TV talk show hosts that he was a teen-age genius.
Bolstered by shrewd acquisitions and timely disposals the trading margin in the latest period was a very comfortable 20.4 per cent.
He's very shrewd." Griffith, who expects "Matlock" to end after its fifth season, plans to make Manteo his permanent home and use it as a work base.
Mrs. Reagan, who is credited with being a shrewd judge of character, apparently bet right.
Its founders, Michael Russell and Mr. Worley, are widely seen as shrewd businessmen.
Simon Burke's Steve has evidently had his shrewd head attached to a pretty good body which he unabashedly displays; and the excellent Dearbhla Molloy, rather wasted, almost makes a living human being out of blonde comforter Marilyn.
No. Leave."' For USX, consenting to the May 7 shareholder vote was a shrewd move, takeover experts said, largely because the steel-and-energy giant relinquished practically nothing while giving the appearance of responsiveness.
Once it was easy to envy the gentleman-farmer: the shrewd doctor, lawyer or business executive who bought a place in the country for a weekend retreat and some nice tax losses.
'He is a shrewd man; he is not a chap to play poker with.' Perhaps Sir Nigel's greatest test will be to ensure that Trafalgar's board is seen to be united.
Self-justifying; self-glamorising (sometimes through shrewd self-deprecation); and manifestly short of the whole truth.
He is shrewd and calculating whether in back-room negotiations or on the tennis court.
The Democrats decided it was shrewd politics not to talk much about defense policy in Atlanta last week, and a look at what they're doing to this year's defense authorization bill explains why.
They also sniped at the shrewd structuring of the deal.
Warner made some very shrewd publishing decisions.
A shrewd businessman, Mr. Olayan has long been interested in investing in U.S. commercial and investment banks.
Mr. Wasserstein was particularly shrewd in dealing with the press during takeover fights, often to his client's advantage.

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