he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
adj.形容词
shrewd, bright, clever, intelligent, smart, wise这组形容词的共同意思是“聪明的”“有智慧的”“英明的”“有头脑的”。其区别在于:
1.bright一般指年轻人,尤指小孩的聪明、机警; wise指“有智慧的”“英明的”“有头脑的”; smart指“头脑敏捷的”“精明老练的”,常指思维能力很强,办事巧妙,能圆滑地处理人际关系等,有时也带有表面的或肤浅的色彩; clever指“聪明的”“伶俐的”“能干的”,尤指很有理解或学习能力的; shrewd指“机灵的”“敏锐的”“精明的”,表示谙于世故,对事物浅尝辄止,遇事老谋深算,从不忽略个人私利; intelligent指某人是“聪明的”“智力好的”,善于作出正确的判断。例如:
In some schools, the bright pupils tutor the dull ones.在一些学校里,一些聪明的学生辅导迟钝的学生。
She was wise to their scheme.她了解他们的诡计。
He is so smart that he will jump at the chance.他这个人很有头脑,不会错过这个机会的。
Jack is a clever student.杰克是个聪明伶俐的学生。
I think you've made a shrewd investment there.我认为你在那方面的投资极为聪明。
Elephants are intelligent animals.象是聪明的动物。2.bright强调反应快; wise强调有判断力的、能明辨是非的; intelligent强调思维清楚、理解力强。例如:
Tom is a bright scholar in the class.汤姆在班上是个聪明的学生。
It is wise to keep out of debt.不借债是明智的。
He was intelligent enough to understand my question from the gestures I made.他很聪明,从我的手势就明白了我的问题。bright，clever，wise，brilliant，intelligent，ingenious，smart，shrewd这些形容词均含有“聪明的”之意。
bright口语常用词，多指年轻人，尤指小孩思路敏捷，理解力强，机灵等。
clever强调头脑灵活，接受新事物快，有智有谋，但不一定暗示全面妥当地考虑问题。
wise侧重不是一般的聪明伶俐，而是有远见，有智慧，能明智地处理问题。
brilliant指人的才华出众，思路敏捷，常令人赞叹不已。
intelligent正式用词，指在理解新的、抽象东西或处理解决问题时，智力超过一般常人。
ingenious指思路敏捷，并暗示有创造与发明的才能和技巧。
smart普通用词，与bright和clever的意思很相近，但更强调机灵。
shrewd指精明老练，有头脑，善于判断和把握有利机会。
keen，acute，sharp，shrewd这些形容词均有“锐利的、敏锐的、机敏的”之意。
keen多指对复杂艰深的事物或问题有敏锐的观察和敏捷的理解。
acute侧重感觉敏锐，能分辨出一般人难以觉察的细微区别。
sharp指人头脑精明、敏锐或机警。
shrewd指有头脑，善于判断分析，精明过人。
直接源自中古英语的schrewed，意为咒骂。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词shrewd argument高明的论点shrewd dealer精明的商人shrewd financier精明的金融家shrewd investment高明的投资shrewd measure高明的措施shrewd plan高明的计划shrewd politician精明的政治家
近义词 keenquicksharpclever反义词 dullfairopensincere
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.He is a shrewd businessman.他是一个精明的商人。
His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.他回答记者的问题是很机敏的。
用作表语
S+be+～+ prep .-phraseThough still in his teens,Tom is shrewd at a bargain.虽然汤姆才十多岁,可是讨价还价却很在行。S+be+～+to- vHe's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.他太狡猾,生意上不宜信任。
形容词99%,名词1%
用作形容词Her brother is ashrewdbusinessman.她兄弟是个精明的生意人。
It was ashrewdassessment and probably pretty close to the truth.这个评估很有道理，可能相当正确。
He's an artist, a scientist and ashrewdbusinessman rolled into one.他既是艺术家，又是科学家，同时还是个精明的生意人。
His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as ashrewdtactician.他的谈判技巧使他赢得了精明战略家的名声。
Hisshrewdeyes looked across at his wife.他那敏锐的目光射向他的妻子。
The question was a quick,shrewdparry.这句问话是一种穷急智生的狡猾的遁辞词。 Mr. Jobs was the far shrewder businessman, even if he never talked about wealth as a matter of personal interest.
乔布斯则是个很精明的商人，虽然他从没有表示过财富是他的个人兴趣所在。 hjenglish
I said that the coats were probably being sold at venues, but Wei Ziqi was shrewder. “You’re not allowed to use umbrellas, right?”
我说雨衣可能是赛场周围卖的吧，但魏很精明，“观看比赛不让带雨伞，对吧？” yeeyan
Relationships following the Big One are often shrewder, calmer, more realistic— and more healthy because of that.
在现实利益指导下的关系往往更精明，更冷静，更务实—也因此更为健康。 blog.sina.com.cn