canny
adj. 精明的,狡猾的; 儉約的; 謹慎的
A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny .
He was far too canny to risk giving himself away...
他非常精明,不會冒險暴露自己。
A canny investor would need to predict when the dollar will once more start tumbling...
精明的投資者需要預計到美元何時會再次大跌。
1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
She a canny guttersnipe, and the Hive seems a second skin for her.
她是個精明的流浪兒, 巢穴就像是她的第二層面板一樣.
But I'm trying to be a little canny about it.
但是我想對此謹慎一些.
But if students cannot make it into Britain, such canny marketing is in vain.
但是如果這些學生無法來到英國, 那這些用心良苦的營銷策略都將付諸東流.
You're a canny one, sir . You really had me going.
你真是精明, 長官.
Compared with the ebullient, politically canny Mr Ahmadinejad , the three remaining challengers appeared drab and uninspiring.
與熱情地, 政治上精明的Ahmadinejad相比, 另外三個競選人看上去豪無生氣,引不起興趣.