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

• My grandfather is venerable for his age, his uprightness, and sagacity.
  我祖父以他的年长，正直和睿智而受人尊敬。
• Fox-one who will use all that he may posses of sagacity, wit or wisdom in his own defense.
  狐狸－能够运用自己全部的精明、机敏和智慧来自卫的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Certainly not," said Senator Simpson, with true political sagacity and feeling.
  当然不，参议员辛浦生说，表现着真实的政治敏感和情调。
• It needs no great sagacity to see that the writer is a novice at his task.
  很容易看得出来那位作家是一位生手，刚从事写作的。
• In a word, the trained sagacity and untiring caution of himself were all he had to rely on, amid the critical risks he unavoidably ran.
  总之，在他所冒的不可避免的危险中，他除了自己那训练有素的机警和不懈的谨慎以外是一无所恃的。
• Gavroche balanced on his heels, clenched both fists in his pockets, moved his neck around like a bird, expended in a gigantic pout all the sagacity of his lower lip.
  伽弗洛什立在脚跟上左右摇晃，把两个拳头捏紧在他的衣袋里，象只小鸟似的转动着脑袋，用他下嘴唇表现的全部机敏做了一个其丑无比的撇嘴丑脸。
• 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。