sagacity

英 [səˈɡæsəti]

美 [səˈɡæsəti]

n.  聪慧;精明;有决策力

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BNC.34212 / COCA.35237

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 聪慧;精明;有决策力
  Sagacityis the quality of being sagacious.
  1. ...a man of great sagacity and immense experience.
     精明练达、阅历丰富的人

英英释义

noun

• the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
  Synonym:judiciousnesssagaciousness
• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
  Synonym:sagaciousnessjudgmentjudgementdiscernment

双语例句

• Sagacity, unlike cleverness, usually increases with age.
  明智跟聪明不同，一般是随着年龄增加的。
• With the sad and innocent sagacity of childhood, Cosette measured the abyss which separated her from that doll.
  珂赛特用她那天真悲愁的智慧去估计那道横亘在她和那玩偶间的深渊。
• Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity.
  噢，确实！那么，我就只能靠自己的智慧了。
• Their invariable sagacity and rectitude.
  他们的一贯明智和正直。
• Deborah exerted much sagacity in conjecturing which of the two girls was likely to have the best place.
  狄波拉用尽心机去猜哪一个女儿会得顶好的席位。
• He was deeply revered for his ability and sagacity in military affairs.
  他在军事上的才略深受大家敬仰。
• Nor should we be under any illusions about the innate sagacity of the old-fashioned British banker.
  我们也不应该对旧式英国银行家的天生睿智抱有幻想。
• Sometimes he listened with dignified interest to details of her businesses, nodding approval at her sagacity, and at other times he called her somewhat dubious tradings scavenging, highway robbery and extortion.
  有时候他很认真的仔细听她述说生意中的各项细节，点头称赞她办事有头脑，有时候他就把她那些不是很正当的做法叫做捡便宜，叫做投机取巧。
• Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.
  年轻的姑娘们对这些事情总是非常精明；可是即使以你这样的机灵，我看你还是猜不出你那位爱人姓甚名谁。
• If your sagacity, knowledge, and experience, could put me on the right track, I might be able to do so much;
  若是你的智慧、知识和经验能引我上路，我可以做许多事。