单词 | clever |
释义 | clever 1.(intelligent)+ person聪明的;机灵的 My sister was very clever and passed all her exams at school.我姐姐很聪明, 她通过了学校里所有的考试。 to be clever at sthorto be clever at doing sth擅长某事;很会做某事 Her mother was clever at many things.她母亲对很多事情都很擅长。 She's very clever at dealing with people and saying no.她非常擅长和人打交道以及拒绝别人。 2.(crafty)+ person精明的;狡猾的;滑头的 Oh, those people at Nokia really are so clever!噢, 诺基亚公司的那些人真是太精明了! So clever are these spin-doctors that they manage to persuade us that the opposite is true.这些舆论导向专家老奸巨猾, 他们说服我们相信相反的东西是真实的。 3.(requiring intelligence)+ device, arrangement, system, experiment, gadget巧妙的;精巧的 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以下这个绝妙的小实验。 4.(dexterous)(尤指手)灵巧的 5.(superficially smart)表面聪明的;小聪明的 6.<方>(fit)健康的;健壮的 7.too clever by half<英>精明过头;卖弄小聪明 His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.他的许多仰慕者说他很聪明, 而他的敌人认为他精明过了头。 |
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