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

Sagacity, unlike cleverness, may increase with age.
睿智与聪明不同，前者可与年龄俱增。
His great success is due to his own diligence and cleverness.
他的勤奋和聪明使他获得巨大成功。
The beast had lived up to his reputation for cleverness.
这畜生确实是聪明极了。
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。
Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness, hard and unkind.
我们的知识让我们玩世不恭，我们的智慧让我们冷酷无情。
His cleverness is much admired.
他的聪明为人羡慕。
We have nothing against cleverness in experimental projects and learning exercises.
我们在试验项目和学习过程中并不反对这种聪明。
Between cleverness and wisdom, I prefer the latter.
在聪明与智慧之间我更喜欢后者。
To be together all day long and never talk about fundamentals but take pleasure only in showing one's cleverness& indeed it's a hopeless case!
群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧，难矣哉。（《论语》）
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。