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

• 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。
• Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me.
  看我多聪明呀！
• His cleverness is much admired.
  他的聪明为人羡慕。
• Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
  聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。
• It is bad manners to show off your knowledge of cleverness.
  炫耀你的知识和聪明是不好的。
• I'll allow his cleverness.
  我愿承认他的聪明。
• Between cleverness and wisdom, I prefer the latter.
  在聪明与智慧之间我更喜欢后者。
• I'm too big a fool to swallow your cleverness.
  我太蠢了，理解不了你的聪明才智。
• The beast had lived up to his reputation for cleverness.
  这畜生确实是聪明极了。
• She shows a precision that goes beyond mere cleverness.
  她表现出一种比仅仅聪明更为重要的精确性。