shrewd /ʃruːd/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 INTELLIGENTgood at judging what people or situations are really like 善于判断的,精明的,敏锐的 Malcolm is a shrewd businessman. 马尔科姆是个精明的商人。
She was shrewd enough to guess who was responsible. 她很精明,一猜就知道是谁干的。
Capra looked at her with shrewd eyes. 卡普拉眼神犀利地看着她。
2 INTELLIGENTwell judged and likely to be right 判断准确的,英明的 Bridget has a shrewd idea of what will sell. 布里奇特很清楚什么东西好卖。
—shrewdly adverbadv ‘Something tells me you’ve already decided, ’ he said shrewdly. “我看出来你已经决定了。”他精明地说。
—shrewdness noun [uncountableU]