perspicacious
perspicacious 英 [ˌpɜ:spɪˈkeɪʃəs] 美 [ˌpɜrspɪˈkeɪʃəs]
adj. 有洞察力的；聪颖的；敏锐的
- Perspicacious is an adjective that means "shrewd" and "wise." A perspicacious child can't be fooled when her parents try to keep a secret by talking in Pig Latin.
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- adj. 有洞察力的；聪颖的；敏锐的
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1. Even the most perspicacious of students of human nature may fail to notice this trait in his character.
甚至研究人性的最聪颖的学者也可能没注意到他性格中的这一特点。
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2. More perspicacious neighbors, the Paulsens among them, suspected that Joey also enjoyed being the smartest person in the house.
一些更具洞察力的邻居，包括波尔森夫妇，怀疑乔伊也很享受作为那间屋子里最聪明的人的感觉。
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3. Where the quality of humor, are smart perspicacious.
凡有幽默的素养者，都是聪敏颖悟的。
- perspicacious (adj.) 1630s, formed as an adjective to perspicacity, from Latin perspicax "sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through; acute," from perspicere "look through, look closely at" from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + specere "look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe"). Related: Perspicaciously; perspicaciousness.
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