clever

adj. 聪明的；机灵的；熟练的

[ 比较级cleverer 最高级 cleverest ]

adj.

聪明的，灵巧的；英俊的，风采优雅的；性情温良的；油腔滑调的

双语释义

聪明的,机灵的 able to learn, understand or do sth quickly and well

英英释义

clever

adj.

skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends

"came up with a clever story"

同义词：adroitingenious

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

"too clever to be sound"

同义词：cageycagycanny

mentally quick and resourceful

"you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"

同义词：apt

showing inventiveness and skill

"a clever gadget"

同义词：cunningingenious

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

clever horse擅长跳越障碍物的马

clever speech机敏的谈话

～+介词

clever about精于干…

clever at making model planes擅长制作飞机模型

clever at painting擅长绘画

clever at the subject擅长于这个课题

clever in making excuses很会找借口

clever in reply回答巧妙

clever with fingers双手灵活

clever with one's pen擅长写作

clever with the needle善于做针线活

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“聪明的”的意思，其区别是：

intelligent正式用词，指在理解新的、抽象东西或处理解决问题时，智力超过一般常人。

bright口语常用词，多指年轻人，尤指小孩思路敏捷，理解力强，机灵等。

wise侧重不是一般的聪明伶俐，而是有远见，有智慧，能明智地处理问题。

ingenious指思路敏捷，并暗示有创造与发明的才能和技巧。

brilliant指人的才华出众，思路敏捷，常令人赞叹不已。

clever强调头脑灵活，接受新事物快，有智有谋，但不一定暗示全面妥当地考虑问题。

smart普通用词，与bright和clever的意思很相近，但更强调机灵。

shrewd指精明老练，有头脑，善于判断，把握有利机会。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.
这演说很动听，可是没什么内容。

He's so clever, he makes me feel inferior.
他那么聪明，让我自愧不如。

Mr. Jones is a clever carpenter.
琼斯先生是个巧木匠。

He is clever at arithmetic.
他擅长算术。

权威例句

clever

clever: [13] Clever is rather a mystery word. There is one isolated instance of what appears to be the word in an early 13th-century bestiary, where it means ‘dextrous’, and the connotations of ‘clutching something’ have led to speculation that it may be connected with claw. It does not appear on the scene again until the late 16th century, when its associations with ‘agility’ and ‘sprightliness’ may point to a link with Middle Dutch klever, of similar meaning. The modern sense ‘intelligent’ did not develop until the 18th century.

clever (adj.)

1580s, "handy, dexterous," apparently from East Anglian dialectal cliver "expert at seizing," perhaps from East Frisian klüfer "skillful," or Norwegian dialectic klover "ready, skillful," and perhaps influenced by Old English clifer "claw, hand" (early usages seem to refer to dexterity). Or perhaps akin to Old Norse kleyfr "easy to split" and from a root related to cleave "to split." Extension to intellect is first recorded 1704.

This is a low word, scarcely ever used but in burlesque or conversation; and applied to any thing a man likes, without a settled meaning. [Johnson, 1755]

1. can you use " bright " to mean " clever " ?

可不可以用"bright"表示"clever"的意思？

-- 来源 -- life - 汉英

2. Clever Simon and his mother live a happy life.

全村的人都叫他Clever Simon.

-- 来源 -- 大胡子伯伯英语高级版 第3册 - 愚蠢的西蒙（12）

3. Clever fellow

机伶鬼儿

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

4. Clever; intelligent

伶俐的；聪明的；有智慧的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. 3 [和合]五十夫长和尊贵人、士和有巧艺的，以及妙行法术的。

NIV] the captain of fifty and man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

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6. Remarkably clever

绝顶聪明

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

7. Clever people like clever people

惺惺惜惺惺

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

8. clever fingers

巧手，妙手

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. What is the opposite of" clever?clever.

的反义字是什麽？

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

10. fancy oneself clever; consider oneself to be clever

自作聪明

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语