shrewd

• adj. 精明的；狡猾的；機靈的
• n. 精明（的人）；機靈（的人）

來自 shrew,鼩鼱。即像鼩鼱一樣的，後詞義褒義化。

shrewd

shrewd: [14] Shrewd originally meant ‘wicked, dangerous’. Its modern sense ‘astute’ did not develop (via a less approbatory ‘cunning’) until the 16th century. It was derived from shrew ‘wicked man’ (a sense now obsolete). This is generally assumed to be the same noun as shrew the animal-name [OE], a word of uncertain origin. Shrews were formerly thought to have a poisonous bite, and were held in superstitious fear – hence the term’s metaphorical application. The move from ‘wicked man’ via ‘bad-tempered abusive complainer’ to ‘nagging woman’ began in the 14th century.
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shrewd (adj.)

c. 1300, "wicked, evil," from shrewe "wicked man" (see shrew). Compare crabbed from crab (n.), dogged from dog (n.), wicked from witch (n.). The sense of "cunning" is first recorded 1510s. Related: Shrewdly; shrewdness. Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes of the People of England" (1801) has a shrewdness of apes for a company or group of them. Shrewdie "cunning person" is from 1916.

1. He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.

他喜歡劇中尖銳機敏、一針見血的社會分析。

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2. It should prove a shrewd investment.

這將是一項精明的投資。

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3. He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails.

他是一個既精明又鐵石心腸的生意人。

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4. She's a shrewd businesswoman.

她是個精明的女商人。

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5. He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.

他是個精明強幹的律師，能從一連串文件中找出詐騙的蛛絲馬跡。

來自《權威詞典》