| 单词 |
astute |
| 释义 |
astute, a.|əˈstjuːt| [(? a. F. astut) ad. L. astūtus, lengthened form of astus crafty, cunning.] Of keen penetration or discernment, esp. in regard to one's own interests; shrewd, subtle, sagacious; wily, cunning, crafty.
1611Cotgr., Astut, astute, crafty, subtill, wyly, guilefull. 1634Sir M. Sandys Prudence 168 Wee terme those most Astute, which are most Versute. [Not in Johnson 1755.] 1829I. Taylor Enthus. x. 258 The astute atheism of Greece and Rome. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 331 He had, with the astute fickleness of a barbarian, come to a secret understanding with Scipio. |

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