He's a very clever man.

他非常聪明。

My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was.

我妹妹向来比我聪明许多。

Her mother was clever at many things.

她妈妈对许多事情都很精通。

...a clever and gripping novel.

构思巧妙、扣人心弦的小说

A colleague of mine in Milan devised the following very clever little experiment.

我在米兰的一个同事设计了下面这个非常巧妙的小实验。

...this clever new gadget.

这个构思巧妙的新奇小玩意儿

His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.

崇拜他的人很多说他聪明;恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。