cleverness

英 ['klevənəs]

美

n. 聪明

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。

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

Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me.
看我多聪明呀！
His great success is due to his own diligence and cleverness.
他的勤奋和聪明使他获得巨大成功。
Being curious is more important than cleverness or talented.
拥有好奇心比拥有聪明或天赋更重要。
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。
Your cleverness and skill has compelled our admiration.
你的聪明和技巧使我们不得不敬佩。
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 shall always remember her kindness and cleverness.
对她仁慈善良的品德，我们将永远铭记在心。
We all admired the cleverness of the device.
我们都羡慕这装置的灵巧。
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。