| 释义 |
aˈstuteness
[f. as prec. + -ness. Before this was in use, the L. astūtia was occas. employed.]
The quality of being astute; keenness of penetration or discernment; mental subtlety, shrewdness.
[1802Bentham Wks. X. 396 Could this mass of law by any astutia be construed to come under title Poor.] 1843Vaughan Age Gt. Cities 152 The astuteness acquired in the exercise of this greatest of free schools. 1865Maffei Brig. Life in It. II. 89 The astuteness of the Pontifical police. |
