shrewd

He seems to have been a very shrewd judge of how far he could push the top brass, the bureaucracy, the courts and Congress.

[color=#444444]他能够相当精确的判断出政府要员、官僚机构、法院以及国会的底线在哪。

He took command of the Velvet revolution, transformed from shy intellectual into shrewd political tactician.

于是，哈维尔领导了“天鹅绒革命”，由害羞的知识分子转型为精明的政治策略家。

She was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon she realized that she needed an in-house counsel.

她很精明和勤奋，所以业务总是蒸蒸日上，但是她很快意识到，她需要一个内部律师。

He was shrewd after his kind, and yet there was enough decency in the man to stop him from making any effectual protest.

他有他的精明之处，可是这个人很好面子，这妨碍了他提出任何有力的抗议。

Such a speech made sense politically, too: it was shrewd to emphasise just how dreadful a mess he is inheriting from his predecessor.

这样一场演讲同样具有政治意义。奥巴马精明的强调到他从上一任总统布什手里接过的是一个一团糟的烂摊子。

Louis surveyed me with his shrewd gray eyes and shook his head portentously.

鲁易用他狡猾的灰色眼睛打量着我，预示凶兆般地摇着头。

pretty close to It was a shrewd assessment and probably pretty close to the truth . . .

这是个精明的估断，或许相当接近事实

So it's just as easy to say Google will regret buying Motorola as it is to say it will look back on the deal as a shrewd move.

因此，说谷歌会因收购摩托罗拉而感到后悔，正如说它今后会将这桩交易看成是一笔精明的投资一样，都是说得轻巧。

Bad lots, both of us. . . selfish and shrewd, but a able to look things in the eyes and call them by their right names.

我们俩都是坏蛋…自私而又精明，但能够正视现实，敢说真话。

Even those shrewd enough to stick their money in a savings account have had to worry about the safety of the banks.

即使那些精明谨慎懂得把自己的钱锁在储蓄帐户的人也一直在担心银行会不会在某天关门溜之大吉。

On the contrary, they found a shrewd formula to accommodate one another.

相反，他们找到了一个精明的方式来适应对方。

Everybody said he was a very shrewd doctor indeed, and knew perfectly what people's constitutions were.

每一个人都说他诚然是一位非常机警的医生，充分懂得人们的体质。

Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes and call them by their right names.

我们俩都有许多缺点，自私又精明，但能够正视现实，敢说真话。

It turned out to be a shrewd move, and by endowment standards, which rarely stray from predetermined asset allocations, a bold one.

这是一个精明之举，按照很少偏离预定资产配置轨道的基金会的标准来看，这也属于是大胆之举。

Susan was a manager in an obstetrics gynecological ward in a private hospital . She was a shrewd and.

瑞珊是一名细心及经验丰富的护士，任职一家私家医院妇产科的病房经理。

The big shareholder said it would be a 'very shrewd move' for News Corp. to elevate chief operating officer Chase Carey to the CEO role.

这位大股东说，如果新闻集团能将首席运营长凯里（ChaseCarey）提升为CEO，那么这将是一个“非常英明的举动”。

An elderly woman of about fifty-five, with a plump face and shrewd eyes, came out to greet her.

一个脸孔肥肥的，两眼很有心计的约摸五十四五岁的老妇人来迎她，她想：这当然是大娘了。

He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life.

他是一个精明有钱的生意人，但是镇上的一般人几乎不知道他生活中的这一面

She shifted restlessly in her chair, and caught Stephen observing her with a shrewd eye.

她心神不定地在椅子上动了一下，发现斯蒂芬用锐利的眼光看着她。

Does this seem to argue a too shrewd, calm and sensible attitude on the part of the ordinary newspaper reader?

这好像是在说普通读者的态度太尖刻、太冷静、太感性了吧！