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单词 savvy
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Definition of savvy in English:

savvy

noun ˈsaviˈsævi
mass nouninformal
  • Shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements.

    (尤指政治或生意上的)智慧;实际知识

    the corporate finance bankers lacked the necessary political savvy

    企业金融银行家缺乏必要的政治常识。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It takes business acumen, marketing savvy, graphic-arts talent, and a clear understanding of what the customer sees from the other side of the screen.
    • Without a college degree, this son of a single parent built a real estate empire with tremendous fortitude, business and political savvy, and a healthy dose of kismet.
    • Along with their technical skills, these researchers possess unusual business and media savvy, say their peers.
    • Key to the success of this young firm has been the technical and business savvy of the four partners.
    • No one should underestimate Malone's drive or business savvy.
    • It also requires business savvy, a subject that isn't covered in most professional schools.
    • After taking on this user interface project, I'm a lot more insightful about design issues and, well, rather humbled by the amount of design savvy I have yet to gain.
    • Jackson's political clout and business savvy made the deal happen.
    • But since the politics surrounding lay-offs are complex, it takes solid business training and legal savvy to advise managers well, according to those involved.
    • You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.
    • This examination can develop children's aesthetic awareness and media savvy and help them become more careful and literate readers of media.
    • The perioperative environment is becoming more complex, and its leaders need to possess some business savvy and be clinically astute.
    • Alongside good looks and maybe talent, a little business savvy never hurt anyone trying to get somewhere in the music industry.
    • In this way you can combine the academic experience you gained in your degree with the street savvy you gain on the job and, hopefully, your confidence will grow.
    • He says those failures occur because many independent labels are artist driven and therefore don't bring much business savvy to their partnerships.
    • His business savvy meant he took risks in the technology, telecoms, internet, hotels and construction, retail and automobile sector.
    • At only 17, he has amassed a private fortune with his business savvy, founded, like Uma's success, on his linguistic flexibility.
    • But with 8,000 partners, identifying those with the necessary business savvy and relationship-building skills isn't easy.
    • She began showing her business savvy in the seventh grade.
    • Some question whether government entities have the technological or business savvy to move quickly into the Internet Age.
    Synonyms
    shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, knowledge, sagacity, sageness
    informal nous, horse sense
    rare sapience, arguteness
adjectivesavviest, savvier ˈsaviˈsævi
informal
  • 1Shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgement.

    Bob is a savvy veteran who knows all the tricks
    many of us pride ourselves on being savvy enough to spot a fake
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Camilla wasn't always this business savvy.
    • The first tier consists of councils in large cities, such as London, Birmingham and Manchester, which she said are IT savvy and have used the funding they received well.
    • Most are very knowledgeable and savvy about business and know how to cut a deal.
    • It was the endgame that I wasn't savvy enough to win.
    • Behind every brilliant best-selling author is usually a perceptive, savvy publisher.
    • I couldn't believe the guy, all he talked about was how rich, successful, smart and savvy he was.
    • Critical to that strategy is our development as savvy consumers and smart investors.
    • Also, the more technically savvy a participating business is, the easier it is to continue to keep up-to-date with technologies.
    • It's clear now that savvy foreign investors won't be tempted by such headache-prone deals.
    • Many of our informants, from novice Internet users to tech savvy veterans, emphasized how important it is to have an easily navigable Web site.
    • These days savvy operators are using creative appetizers, innovative drink menus and electronic entertainment to draw patrons during hours when business is traditionally slow.
    • Her first three albums were surprisingly enjoyable, largely due to savvy producers who surrounded her lightweight voice with killer beats and memorable hooks.
    • We are all so media savvy these days that there won't be anybody reading this who isn't familiar with the rags-to-riches-and-back-again story.
    • They talked about how media savvy he was and how devoted he was to young people.
    • Frank, if you are so savvy yourself, why not read the Bible?
    • Faced with such arrogance is it any wonder that savvy consumers are switching to screw caps?
    • I've had this question asked of me more than any other over the past couple of years - interestingly enough, mostly by industry veterans and savvy players who know the ropes.
    • I mean, I don't agree with a lot of what they say, but they usually are media savvy.
    • Technology today offers savvy business executives increasingly intelligent ways of cutting costs and automating business processes.
    • I had tried to be the woman I thought you wanted - a savvy street lawyer who fought tooth and nail for our clients - and still you rejected me.
    Synonyms
    shrewd, astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, intelligent, clever, canny, media-savvy, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage
    informal on the ball, smart, streetwise
    Scottish &amp Northern English informal pawky
    North American informal heads-up, whip-smart
    rare long-headed, sapient, argute
    1. 1.1in combination Well informed about or experienced in a particular domain.
      most of us are pretty web-savvy
      these fashion-savvy consumers are not afraid of taking risks with little-known designers
verbsavvies, savvied, savvying ˈsaviˈsævi
informal
  • with clause Know or understand.

    知晓,懂

    Charley would savvy what to do
    no object I've been told, but I want to make sure. Savvy?

    有人告诉我了,但我想弄清楚,懂吗?

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The country is ripped by people who savvy not its meaning.
    Synonyms
    realize, understand, comprehend, grasp, see, know, apprehend
    informal get, get a fix on, catch on, latch on, cotton on
    British informal twig, suss

Origin

Late 18th century: originally black and pidgin English imitating Spanish sabe usted 'you know'.

Rhymes

navvy

Definition of savvy in US English:

savvy

nounˈsavēˈsævi
informal
  • Shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments.

    (尤指政治或生意上的)智慧;实际知识

    the financiers lacked the necessary political savvy

    企业金融银行家缺乏必要的政治常识。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this way you can combine the academic experience you gained in your degree with the street savvy you gain on the job and, hopefully, your confidence will grow.
    • After taking on this user interface project, I'm a lot more insightful about design issues and, well, rather humbled by the amount of design savvy I have yet to gain.
    • No one should underestimate Malone's drive or business savvy.
    • This examination can develop children's aesthetic awareness and media savvy and help them become more careful and literate readers of media.
    • Jackson's political clout and business savvy made the deal happen.
    • Some question whether government entities have the technological or business savvy to move quickly into the Internet Age.
    • Without a college degree, this son of a single parent built a real estate empire with tremendous fortitude, business and political savvy, and a healthy dose of kismet.
    • It also requires business savvy, a subject that isn't covered in most professional schools.
    • Alongside good looks and maybe talent, a little business savvy never hurt anyone trying to get somewhere in the music industry.
    • But with 8,000 partners, identifying those with the necessary business savvy and relationship-building skills isn't easy.
    • At only 17, he has amassed a private fortune with his business savvy, founded, like Uma's success, on his linguistic flexibility.
    • The perioperative environment is becoming more complex, and its leaders need to possess some business savvy and be clinically astute.
    • But since the politics surrounding lay-offs are complex, it takes solid business training and legal savvy to advise managers well, according to those involved.
    • It takes business acumen, marketing savvy, graphic-arts talent, and a clear understanding of what the customer sees from the other side of the screen.
    • She began showing her business savvy in the seventh grade.
    • Key to the success of this young firm has been the technical and business savvy of the four partners.
    • He says those failures occur because many independent labels are artist driven and therefore don't bring much business savvy to their partnerships.
    • You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.
    • Along with their technical skills, these researchers possess unusual business and media savvy, say their peers.
    • His business savvy meant he took risks in the technology, telecoms, internet, hotels and construction, retail and automobile sector.
    Synonyms
    shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, knowledge, sagacity, sageness
adjectiveˈsavēˈsævi
informal
  • 1Shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgment.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These days savvy operators are using creative appetizers, innovative drink menus and electronic entertainment to draw patrons during hours when business is traditionally slow.
    • Her first three albums were surprisingly enjoyable, largely due to savvy producers who surrounded her lightweight voice with killer beats and memorable hooks.
    • I couldn't believe the guy, all he talked about was how rich, successful, smart and savvy he was.
    • I had tried to be the woman I thought you wanted - a savvy street lawyer who fought tooth and nail for our clients - and still you rejected me.
    • It's clear now that savvy foreign investors won't be tempted by such headache-prone deals.
    • Behind every brilliant best-selling author is usually a perceptive, savvy publisher.
    • Critical to that strategy is our development as savvy consumers and smart investors.
    • Technology today offers savvy business executives increasingly intelligent ways of cutting costs and automating business processes.
    • The first tier consists of councils in large cities, such as London, Birmingham and Manchester, which she said are IT savvy and have used the funding they received well.
    • Faced with such arrogance is it any wonder that savvy consumers are switching to screw caps?
    • Frank, if you are so savvy yourself, why not read the Bible?
    • Also, the more technically savvy a participating business is, the easier it is to continue to keep up-to-date with technologies.
    • I mean, I don't agree with a lot of what they say, but they usually are media savvy.
    • Many of our informants, from novice Internet users to tech savvy veterans, emphasized how important it is to have an easily navigable Web site.
    • I've had this question asked of me more than any other over the past couple of years - interestingly enough, mostly by industry veterans and savvy players who know the ropes.
    • They talked about how media savvy he was and how devoted he was to young people.
    • Most are very knowledgeable and savvy about business and know how to cut a deal.
    • But Camilla wasn't always this business savvy.
    • It was the endgame that I wasn't savvy enough to win.
    • We are all so media savvy these days that there won't be anybody reading this who isn't familiar with the rags-to-riches-and-back-again story.
    Synonyms
    shrewd, astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, intelligent, clever, canny, media-savvy, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage
    1. 1.1in combination Well informed about or experienced in a particular domain.
      most of us are pretty web-savvy
      these fashion-savvy consumers are not afraid of taking risks with little-known designers
verbˈsavēˈsævi
informal
  • with clause Know or understand.

    知晓,懂

    Charley would savvy what to do
    no object I've been told, but I want to make sure. Savvy?

    有人告诉我了,但我想弄清楚,懂吗?

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The country is ripped by people who savvy not its meaning.
    Synonyms
    realize, understand, comprehend, grasp, see, know, apprehend

Origin

Late 18th century: originally black and pidgin English imitating Spanish sabe usted ‘you know’.

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