cleverness

英 ['klevənəs]

美

n.  聪明

复数：clevernesses　

BNC.19535 / COCA.21006

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 聪明的;聪颖的;智商高的
  Someone who iscleveris intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
  1. He's a very clever man...
     他非常聪明。
  2. My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was...
     我妹妹向来比我聪明许多。
  3. Her mother was clever at many things.
     她妈妈对许多事情都很精通。
• ADJ-GRADED (观点、书、发明)巧妙的，绝妙的
  Acleveridea, book, or invention is extremely effective and shows the skill of the people involved.
  1. ...a clever and gripping novel.
     构思巧妙、扣人心弦的小说
  2. 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。
  3. ...this clever new gadget.
     这个构思巧妙的新奇小玩意儿
• PHRASE 聪明过头的;过分聪明的
  If someone istoo clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being ingenious
  1. a plot of great ingenuity
  2. the cleverness of its design
  Synonym:ingenuityingeniousness
• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
  Synonym:brightnesssmartness
• the power of creative imagination
  Synonym:inventivenessingeniousnessingenuity

双语例句

• Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness, hard and unkind.
  我们的知识让我们玩世不恭，我们的智慧让我们冷酷无情。
• I'll allow his cleverness.
  我愿承认他的聪明。
• Cleverness and wisdom are like twins, but there are essential differences between them.
  聪明与智慧看似一对孪生兄弟，本质与内核又有着根本上的不同。
• As an adult, I realized he was also very lucky, because cleverness alone cannot keep you safe.
  长大后我才明白，他同时还非常幸运，因为光凭聪明并不能保你安然无恙。
• Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
  聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。
• She gazed up at him, blinking once or twice, apparently surprised at his cleverness.
  她抬头注视着他，偶尔才眨一下眼睛，显然对他的聪明才智颇为惊讶。
• But that brings us back to the excessive cleverness ( and opacity) that we hope to avoid.
  但是这又让我们回到了希望避免的聪明过度（和不透明性）上。
• Sagacity, unlike cleverness, may increase with age.
  睿智与聪明不同，前者可与年龄俱增。
• And you might think what a strange right but there's a cleverness to it.
  你可以会觉得这个权利很奇怪，但这条权利有它的聪明之处。
• The beast had lived up to his reputation for cleverness.
  这畜生确实是聪明极了。