English Dictionary

acumen

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈækjʊmən/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. / (botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.

日本語の意味

洞察力、鋭敏な判断力、識別力 / 植物学において、鋭くとがった先端部

Her acumen in reading market trends helped the startup avoid costly mistakes.

市場の動向を読み取る彼女の洞察力は、そのスタートアップが大きな損失を避けるのに役立った。

意味（1）

Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

I am going to ask you a question that does not require much legal acumen to answer, said Lord Meersbrook to his attorney, when he called the next day in Lincoln's Inn;...

意味（2）

(botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.

S. boyacense. Resembles S. Rybinii from which it is distinguished by the greater dissection of the leaves, the longer calyx acumens, smaller anthers and coloured corolla.

意味（3）

(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.

The rostrum is the anterior extension of the carapace between the eyes. It ends in a more or less acute tip, or acumen, and may have a lateral spine on each side or bear a longitudinal keel (carina) on the dorsal surface.

acumens （ plural ）