clever

英['klevə(r)] 美['klevər]
  • adj. 聪明的;灵巧的
cleverly cleverer cleverest cleverness
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星级词汇:
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 聪明的,灵巧的,机敏的,伶俐的,精明的,聪颖的,能干的,有才智的
    2. 精巧的
    3. 熟练的
    4. 油腔滑调的
    5. 和蔼可亲的,性格温良的
    6. 英俊的
    7. 神气的
    8. 壮健的
    9. 姿态美好的,风采优雅的
    adv. (副词)
    1. <方>非常好
    2. 聪明地
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 聪明的,机灵的 able to learn, understand or do sth quickly and well

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;

    "a cagey lawyer"
    "too clever to be sound"

  2. mentally quick and resourceful;

    "an apt pupil"
    "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"

  3. showing inventiveness and skill;

    "a clever gadget"
    "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"
    "an ingenious solution to the problem"

1. Northbridge is a cool, calculating and clever criminal who could strike again.
诺思布里奇是个头脑冷静、诡计多端、阴险狡诈的罪犯,他可能还会犯案。

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2. Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
罗就偏见的本质讲了一番很精辟的话。

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3. Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.
即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。

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4. She is very clever at getting men to do her bidding!
她很善于让男人听她的吩咐!

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5. He came up with what seemed like a clever wheeze.
他提出了一个看起来还不错的主意。

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.
      这演说很动听,可是没什么内容。
    2. He's so clever, he makes me feel inferior.
      他那么聪明,让我自愧不如。
    3. Mr. Jones is a clever carpenter.
      琼斯先生是个巧木匠。
    4. He is clever at arithmetic.
      他擅长算术。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. She is a very clever girl; she will do well in life.
      她是个非常聪明的女孩,日后会成功的。
    2. John is as clever a boy as you wish to meet.
      约翰是一个你想见到的最聪明的男孩。
    3. The clever fox escaped the hunter.
      聪明的狐狸逃脱了猎人的追踪。
    4. That's a clever idea.
      真是一个巧主意。
    5. Jim is a clever worker.
      吉姆是一名灵巧的工人。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. He is clever.
      他很聪明。
    2. He was neither clever nor stupid, but good at his study.
      他既不聪明也不愚蠢,但是学习倒挺好。
    3. His son was very clever and passed all his examinations at school.
      他的儿子非常聪明,通过了学校的所有考试。
    4. He is more diligent than clever.
      与其说他聪明,不如说他勤奋。
    5. The dog is very clever.
      这只狗甚为聪明。
    6. He was too clever.
      他太精明了。
    S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
    1. Tom was clever about such things.
      汤姆干这类事挺精明。
    2. His body is clever like a monkey.
      他的身体灵巧得像只猴子。
    S+be+~+to- v
    1. John were clever to see the solution of the problem so quickly enough.
      约翰可真是聪明,竟如此快地看出了解决问题的方法。
    2. He was clever to arrive at the answer in two minutes.
      他很聪明,两分钟就把答案找到了。
    3. This veteran politician was clever enough to know how to make certain concession at an appropriate time.
      这位老政客非常狡猾,知道如何在适当的时候作出一定的让步。
    It is/was+~+of sb+to- v
    1. It was clever of the boys to solve the problem so quickly.
      孩子们那么快解决了问题真聪明。
    2. It will be clever of you to solve this problem.
      能把这道题解出来,就算你聪明。
    3. It was clever of him to arrive at the answer in two minutes.
      他很聪明,两分钟就把答案找到了。
    4. It is clever of him not to tell anybody about it.
      这件事他没有告诉任何人是明智的。
    其他 ~ as n.
    1. The clever are at the top of the class.
      学生中的佼佼者在班级中名列前茅。
adj. (形容词)
  1. clever的基本意思是“灵巧”。可指人身体的灵巧,也可指人“心灵(思维敏捷、足智多谋)”或“手巧”。强调能较快地理解并正确掌握和应用所学的知识或技能。在口语中,clever可作“精明的,耍小聪明的”解,此时常有贬义。clever在句中可用作定语、表语或补语。
  2. clever前可用very修饰。其比较级为cleverer,最高级为cleverest。
  3. clever是具有评价意义的形容词,可接动词不定式来说明主语在哪些方面存在形容词所表示的特点,如该动词不定式另有逻辑主体,则须用介词of引出; 接at表示“擅长某种活动或研究课题”; 接with表示“擅长使用”。
  4. clever(单数)前加the,表示一类人。
adj. (形容词)
clever at, clever with
  • clever at的意思是“擅长”,指擅长某项活动,擅长某学科; clever with的意思是“善于使用”,可接工具、器械等名词。例如:
  • He is clever at translation.他擅长翻译。
  • He is clever with spade.他擅长使用铁铲。
  • clever, bright, intelligent, shrewd, smart, wise
  • 这组形容词的共同意思是“聪明的”“有智慧的”“英明的”“有头脑的”。其区别在于:
  • 1.bright一般指年轻人,尤指小孩的聪明、机警; wise指“有智慧的”“英明的”“有头脑的”; smart指“头脑敏捷的”“精明老练的”,常指思维能力很强,办事巧妙,能圆滑地处理人际关系等,有时也带有表面的或肤浅的色彩; clever指“聪明的”“伶俐的”“能干的”,尤指很有理解或学习能力的; shrewd指“机灵的”“敏锐的”“精明的”,表示谙于世故,对事物浅尝辄止,遇事老谋深算,从不忽略个人私利; intelligent指某人是“聪明的”“智力好的”,善于作出正确的判断。例如:
  • In some schools, the bright pupils tutor the dull ones.在一些学校里,一些聪明的学生辅导迟钝的学生。
  • She was wise to their scheme.她了解他们的诡计。
  • He is so smart that he will jump at the chance.他这个人很有头脑,不会错过这个机会的。
  • Jack is a clever student.杰克是个聪明伶俐的学生。
  • I think you've made a shrewd investment there.我认为你在那方面的投资极为聪明。
  • Elephants are intelligent animals.象是聪明的动物。
  • 2.bright强调反应快; wise强调有判断力的、能明辨是非的; intelligent强调思维清楚、理解力强。例如:
  • Tom is a bright scholar in the class.汤姆在班上是个聪明的学生。
  • It is wise to keep out of debt.不借债是明智的。
  • He was intelligent enough to understand my question from the gestures I made.他很聪明,从我的手势就明白了我的问题。
  • clever, expert, ingenious, proficient, skilled
  • 这组词意思不同:ingenious意为“机灵的”,常指人的头脑聪明,有发明的才能; clever意为“聪明的”,使用较广泛,着重于学习,表示学得快、解决问题快; expert意为“有专门技巧的,熟练的”,强调有经验的或在某方面特别精明、熟练; proficient意为“精通的,熟练的”,常指擅长于某事,侧重技艺或科学方面; skilled意为“熟练的,有技能的”,强调实际的,真正的功夫。
  • 下面两个句子的意思不同:
  • Clever as he was, he passed the exam- ination with ease.
  • 他由于很聪明,考试很容易通过了。
  • Clever as he was, he didn't pass the exam- ination.
  • 虽然他聪明,但他没有考及格。
  • bright,clever,wise,brilliant,intelligent,ingenious,smart,shrewd
  • 这些形容词均含有“聪明的”之意。
  • bright口语常用词,多指年轻人,尤指小孩思路敏捷,理解力强,机灵等。
  • clever强调头脑灵活,接受新事物快,有智有谋,但不一定暗示全面妥当地考虑问题。
  • wise侧重不是一般的聪明伶俐,而是有远见,有智慧,能明智地处理问题。
  • brilliant指人的才华出众,思路敏捷,常令人赞叹不已。
  • intelligent正式用词,指在理解新的、抽象东西或处理解决问题时,智力超过一般常人。
  • ingenious指思路敏捷,并暗示有创造与发明的才能和技巧。
  • smart普通用词,与bright和clever的意思很相近,但更强调机灵。
  • shrewd指精明老练,有头脑,善于判断和把握有利机会。
  • 常见错误

    adj. (形容词)
      你这样解释是很聪明的。

      It was clever for you to put it this way.

      It was clever in you to put it this way.

      It was clever of you to put it this way.

      动词不定式的逻辑主语常用“for短语”构成,但在一些说明主语特性的形容词后却要用“of短语”, clever就是其中之一。

    词源解说

    • ☆ 直接源自中古英语的cliver,意为灵巧的。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    clever at
      擅长 good at; expert in
    clever in
      善于 skilled in
    clever with
      擅长使用 good at sth with sth
    用作形容词 (adj.)
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