cleverness

英 ['klevənəs]

美

n. 聪明

BNC.19535 / COCA.21006

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 聪明的;聪颖的;智商高的
Someone who iscleveris intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
1. He's a very clever man...
  他非常聪明。
2. My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was...
  我妹妹向来比我聪明许多。
3. Her mother was clever at many things.
  她妈妈对许多事情都很精通。
ADJ-GRADED (观点、书、发明)巧妙的，绝妙的
Acleveridea, book, or invention is extremely effective and shows the skill of the people involved.
1. ...a clever and gripping novel.
  构思巧妙、扣人心弦的小说
2. A colleague of mine in Milan devised the following very clever little experiment.
  我在米兰的一个同事设计了下面这个非常巧妙的小实验。
3. ...this clever new gadget.
  这个构思巧妙的新奇小玩意儿
PHRASE 聪明过头的;过分聪明的
If someone istoo clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
1. His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.
  崇拜他的人很多说他聪明;恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。

noun

the property of being ingenious
1. a plot of great ingenuity
2. the cleverness of its design
Synonym:ingenuityingeniousness
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
Synonym:brightnesssmartness
the power of creative imagination
Synonym:inventivenessingeniousnessingenuity

It is bad manners to show off your knowledge of cleverness.
炫耀你的知识和聪明是不好的。
And you might think what a strange right but there's a cleverness to it.
你可以会觉得这个权利很奇怪，但这条权利有它的聪明之处。
I'm too big a fool to swallow your cleverness.
我太蠢了，理解不了你的聪明才智。
Between cleverness and wisdom, I prefer the latter.
在聪明与智慧之间我更喜欢后者。
Books and cleverness, there are more important things, friendship and bravery.
除了书本和小聪明，还有更重要的东西，友爱和勇气。
We all admired the cleverness of the device.
我们都羡慕这装置的灵巧。
Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me.
看我多聪明呀！
His cleverness is much admired.
他的聪明为人羡慕。
I shall always remember her kindness and cleverness.
对她仁慈善良的品德，我们将永远铭记在心。
As an adult, I realized he was also very lucky, because cleverness alone cannot keep you safe.
长大后我才明白，他同时还非常幸运，因为光凭聪明并不能保你安然无恙。