clever
美 [ˈklevər] 
英 [ˈklevə(r)]
- adj.聪明的；聪颖的；熟练的；灵巧的
- 网络机灵的；伶俐的；机敏的
词形变化
比较级：cleverer 最高级：cleverest 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 聪明的；聪颖的quick at learning and understanding things |
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| How clever of you to work it out! 你解决了这个问题真是太聪明了！ |
| He's too clever by half , if you ask me(= it annoys me or makes me suspicious) . 恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。 |
| She's clever at getting what she wants. 她想把什么东西弄到手的时候总是很精的。 |
| He's clever with his hands. 他的手很灵巧。 |
3. | 精巧的；精明的showing intelligence or skill, for example in the design of an object, in an idea or sb's actions |
| a clever little gadget 精巧的小器具 |
| What a clever idea! 多么精明的主意！ |
| That(= what you just did) wasn't very clever, was it?(= it wasn't sensible) 那样做不很明智，是不是？ |
4. |
油腔滑调的quick with words in a way that annoys people or does not show respect |
| Don't you get clever with me! 别跟我油嘴滑舌的！ |
英汉解释
adj. | 2. 〈美方〉英俊的,神气的;壮健的;姿态美好的;风采优雅的 |
英英解释
例句
After twice of catching fish, I found that just came out of the fish is "scouts, " must be very clever, runs express.
经过上两次的捉鱼，我发现刚出来的小鱼是“侦察兵”，肯定特别机灵，跑得特快。
" Instead, praise effort or strategy by saying " That was clever of you to take that approach " or " I'm proud of your persistence.
相反，应该赞扬的努力或做法，可以说：“你采取这一做法简直是太聪明了”或“我为你的毅力感到自豪。”
He might once have had the makings of a clever character.
其实，他的性格并不乏聪明机灵的素质。
If I am as clever as you think, I should have been rich by now.
如果我象你想的那么聪明，我现在就富了。
I should say she was a devilishly accomplished, clever girl, and would make a good wife with a sensible husband.
我得说，她是一个非常完美，非常聪明的女孩子，在精明的丈夫那里可以成为得力的贤内助。
A virtual computer is a bit of clever software that emulates a pretend computer deep within the operating subconscious of the real computer.
虚拟计算机是在真正计算机运行的潜意识深处竭力效仿计算机的聪明的软件。
All this may sound too clever by half to some ears, as if linguistic sleight-of-hand can somehow overcome deep disagreements.
对某些人来说，这一切也许听上去过于聪明，仿佛语言上的花招能以某种方式克服深层次分歧。
He was clever enough to have been a doctor.
以他的聪明，本来完全可以成为一个医生的。
She was clever and knew how to get it out with peanut butter and ice cubes and led me to believe she had to cut her hair and was devastated.
她很聪明，知道怎么用花生酱以及冰块把口香糖处理掉，让我相信她一定要把头发剪掉才行，痛心不已。
He was such a clever student that he was able to work out all the difficult problems.
他是如此聪明的学生以至于能解答出所有的难题。
In just a few weeks the new little company was able to nab lots of attention from customers because of its clever advertising.
在短短几周内，这家新开的小公司就以其巧妙的营销抓住了客户的注意力。
Gandhi was much more than a clever lawyer, a fine speaker, a determined fighter for human rights and a political leader.
甘地远不只是一个聪明的律师，优秀的演说家，坚定的人权战士和政治领袖。
The brothers and sisters were very good people- "not particularly clever, you know" , he said, "but very decent and pleasant. "
那些兄弟姐妹都很好，“当然，并不特别聪明，”他说，“但是单纯正直，和蔼可亲。”
How did you think up such a clever way out of our difficulty?
你是怎样想出这个克服困难的聪明办法来的？
Mr Chu was not very clever. He did not know how to read maps.
朱先生不是很聪明。他不会看地图。
It was clever of her to follow his advice.
她听从了他的建议是聪明的做法。
The result is a deliciously clever book, full of dark insight and even a touch of hope. Mr Ross dedicates the book to his wife, after all.
最终的结果是一本饶有趣味，构思精巧的书籍，富于灰暗的深刻见解，在其中也透出一丝丝希望之光——毕竟，罗斯是将此书献给他的妻子。
How clever of him to do that!
他那样做简直太聪明了。
It is clever of him to come down without ropes.
他很聪明，不用绳子就能下来。
The feelings of such a clever show, let me surprised, very pleasantly surprised.
如此巧妙的感情戏，让我很意外，很惊喜。
He is clever at cricket.
他擅长板球。
Her clever tongue gets on one's nerves.
她的伶牙俐齿叫人招架不住。
She is a bright [clever] girl.
她是一个聪明的女孩。
If the company of fools irritates, the society of clever men leaves its own peculiar pain also.
如果跟傻瓜在一起，会叫人冒火，那么，跟聪明人作伴也会有它的特殊的苦痛。
Don't subtilize a man who is clever.
对聪明人不用过多地解释。
The brothers and sisters were very good people- "not particularly clever, you know" , he said, "but very decent and pleasant. "
那些兄弟姐妹都很好，“当然，并不特别聪明，”他说，“但是单纯正直，和蔼可亲。”
Joe thought some of their ideas very clever, and he bore them in mind for his own future plans.
乔认为他们的主意有些还挺不错，就都牢记在心，以便将来好派用场。
People said that she was very clever at music and was a very nice girl.
人们说她有音乐天赋，是位好姑娘。
I always think music criticism and program notes are written by people trying to prove how clever they are.
我总认为，音乐批评和节目说明是那些企图炫耀自己聪明的人写的。
His wife is a very pretty girl, young and gay and interesting, and clever too.
她妻子长得很漂亮，年轻快乐，讨人喜欢，而且也很聪明。
"Well, you be a clever lady! " he said, in admiration.
“哎呀，你真是一位聪明伶俐的小姐！”他带着景仰羡慕的口气说。
He had quite recovered his temper, now that he had done something he thought really clever.
他的余怒差不多全消了，因为他自以为干得很聪明。
I have a great deal of difficulty in beginning to write my portion of these pages, for I know I am not clever.
我开始写这一部分篇章时，感到困难重重，因为我知道自己并不聪明。
He is very handsome; he is very clever; he expressed himself with a great deal of felicity.
他长得很俊，人也聪明，说话也够--够巧妙的。
He never said a clever thing.
他从来也不说寓意深长的话。
With a clever husband by her side, a girl may make any place for herself in the world.
一个女孩子身边如有一位英俊的丈夫，就可以出人头地，前程无量。
She turned a deaf ear to the solicitations of a clever young lawyer.
她拒绝了一个年轻聪明的律师的求爱。
They were clever at all sports.
他们擅长各式各样的体育活动。
You might think you're very clever, but that doesn't give you the right to order me about.
尽管你认为自己非常聪明，但这决不是说你有随意摆弄我的权利。
He devilled for a clever lawyer.
他充当一名精明的律师的助手。
The clever girl bore off the first prize.
这个聪明的女孩得了一等奖。
I was mistaken about the girl, she's not as clever as I thought.
我错看了这个女孩，她不是我过去以为的那样聪明。
The clever man is sufficed for one word.
聪明人一点就通。
I was only thinking how proud I am to have a more than commonly clever young wife.
我在想，我有这样一位聪明过人的年轻妻子是多么自豪啊。
He thinks it's clever to make fun of people.
他觉得拿别人开玩笑显得聪明。
The three-year-old boy seems to be very clever and able to absorb whatever he is taught.
这个三岁的男孩看起来很聪明，似乎能掌握教给他的任何东西。
And I get to see my wireframes woven together with clever code and great graphic design into a website with fantastic user experience. . .
我也总能看到我的线框与聪明代码、伟大的图形设计一起结合成一个有着梦幻般用户体验的网站…
Implemented as a template file itself, it is both easy to understand and yet quite clever.
这个扩展本身就是一个模版文件，易于理解并且好用。
But what the agency did not mention was that developers had found ever more clever ways to get round rules aimed at cooling the market.
但穆迪没有提到的是，开发商早已找到了规避旨在冷却房地产市场的政策措施的巧妙办法。
His wife was so clever that he felt that he could never live up to her.
他妻子非常聪明，他感到自己无法配得上她。
If you're building a bridge between the two, you've got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident.
如果你想在两者之间架建一座桥梁（译者注：港粤澳大桥），你就得想出非常巧妙的不会引起混乱和事故的设计来切换车道才行。
The tricky troublemaker thought it a clever trick, but it turned out to be a very foolish one.
那个狡猾的肇事者以为那是个聪明的花招，但结果是个很蠢的花招。
It was small in size but had sharp and clever eyes and a pair of light wings.
它的体型小巧玲珑，还有一对活泼机灵的眼睛和一双轻快的翅膀。
He thought he was being clever when, near the end of his and Colleen's senior year of college, he went after Colleen.
在他和科琳大学四年级快要结束的时候，亨利对科琳展开追求，那会儿他还以为自己怪聪明的。
She said for men clever chat-up lines do not generally work. They appear contrived and can be horribly fluffed.
她认为诙谐的闲谈语句通常并不管用。这些言辞看上去矫揉造作，反而会坏事。
"Duncan Watts is exceedingly clever, and I've learned a great deal from his research, " he emailed me.
“邓肯•瓦特非常聪明，我从他的研究中学到了很多。”他用email回复我。
Luckily for her, she had a clever lawyer at her trial, and was never punished for the murder.
幸运的是，在审判过程中，她拥有一位精明的律师，她从来没有因为谋杀受到惩罚。
Lamppost in downtown Vancouver became part of a clever optical illusion, appearing to pour coffee into a giant cup on the sidewalk.
在温哥华市中心的灯柱形成了一种巧妙地的错觉，它看起来像在往人行道上的巨型杯子中倒入咖啡。
Mr Mugabe is clever and malevolent. Mr Tsvangirai is dogged, so far decent, and still by no means sure to prevail. Give him a chance.
穆加贝为人狡狯，心狠手辣。茨万吉拉伊则不屈不挠，就目前来说，作风正派，而他暂时还无法占据上风。且给他一个机会吧。
Mrs Merkel is clever enough to realise this and dislike it, but she has not been brave enough to stop it.
默克尔非常明智地认识到了这一点，但并不想这样，并且她并没有足够的勇气来阻止这一切。
Tommy was a clever boy. He could answer questions cleverly in class. He was quick at thinking. It seemed that everything was easy to him.
汤米是个聪明的男孩儿，他思维敏捷，能够机智地回答课上的问题，对他来说一切都很容易。
And during the next months I learnt to be very clever with my tools.
在随后的几个月里，我学得很熟练地使用工具了。
Poor Ermengarde was not clever. She could never remember any of her school lessons, and Miss Minchin was always angry with her.
可怜的埃芒加德没那么聪明。她老是记不住老师课上讲的东西，所以明钦小姐总是生她的气。
Memorable Quote: "I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled. "
经典台词：在你们任何一人又想出了让我们被杀掉或者开除的“聪明”点子前，我要睡觉去了。
Less plausibly (but you never know), clever traders might have been positioning themselves for a large sale of Goldman shares.
可能会发生的是（但你不会知道），明智的商人会大量抛售手中的高盛股票。
