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street.wise5stri:t7waIzadjAm also street-smart H9stri:tYsmA:t, $-smA:rtable to manage or succeed in dangerous or difficult situations in big towns or cities where poor people live or where there is a lot of crime有在城市环境中巧妙生存的能力的,熟悉都市生活方式和世态的Soon after arriving from Russia, he learned the streetwise ways of the multi-ethnic culture that was developing in New York.从俄罗斯来后不久,他便学会了在纽约的多民族文化环境中巧妙生活的办法。McDonald was as streetwise as any of the criminals he had investigated.麦克唐纳和他所调查的任何罪犯一样,都老于世故。She recently adopted a streetwise Washington youngster from a crime-ridden neighborhood whose father was in jail.她最近收养了一个在街头混惯了的青年,他来自华盛顿犯罪高发区,其父亲在牢中。Training shoes are an important streetwise status symbol for many teenagers.对许多少年来说,运动鞋是街头地位的重要标志。
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