English Dictionary

shrewd

IPA（発音記号）

/ʃɹuːd/

形容詞

くだけた表現 古語 廃用

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters. / Artful, tricky or cunning. / (informal) Streetwise, street-smart. / Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen. / Nigh accurate. / Severe, intense, hard.

日本語の意味

実際の問題に対して機転をきかせ、巧妙に対応できる / ずる賢く、狡猾な / （口語で）都会の生活に精通し、抜け目がない / 知識豊富で、知的、敏鋭な / ほぼ正確な / 厳格で、激しい、強烈な

Her shrewd negotiation secured the funding the startup desperately needed.

彼女の抜け目のない交渉が、スタートアップが切望していた資金調達を確保した。

意味（1）

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

意味（2）

Artful, tricky or cunning.

意味（3）

(informal) Streetwise, street-smart.

Willie is very aware of this fact and lets Johnny Attell know that there is a fly in the ointment, and Johnny, who is a very shrewd article, has his chauffeur drive him to Bradford Street so he can change the kid's mind.

意味（4）

Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.

意味（5）

Nigh accurate.

a shrewd guess

意味（6）

Severe, intense, hard.

a shrewd blow, or assault

意味（7）

Sharp, snithy, piercing.

a shrewd wind

意味（8）

(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.

Portia: There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper, That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek: Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world Could turn so much the constitution Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]

意味（9）

(obsolete) Portending, boding.

意味（10）

(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.

意味（11）

(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.

意味（12）

(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.

shrewder （ comparative ）

shrewdest （ superlative ）