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Acumen is a sharp mind for judging things — seeing what will work, what is a bad deal, and deciding well, often quickly. You meet it most in business acumen and political acumen: a person who reads a room, a market, or a plan and is rarely fooled.
Acumen is a sharp mind for judging thingsAcumen指的是判斷事情很敏銳的頭腦 seeing what will work, what is a bad deal能看出什麼行得通、什麼是個爛交易 and deciding well, often quickly而且能做出好的決定，通常還很快 You meet it most in business acumen and political acumen你最常在business acumen（商業頭腦）和political acumen（政治手腕）裡遇到它 a person who reads a room, a market, or a plan and is rarely fooled指一個能看懂場面、市場或計畫，而且很少被騙的人
It is not the same as being good at school tests, and it is not the same as , which is more about seeing, hearing, or thinking clearly. Acumen is about good judgment in the real world.
It is not the same as being good at school tests它跟考試考得好不是同一回事 and it is not the same as acuity也跟acuity不一樣 which is more about seeing, hearing, or thinking clearlyacuity比較是指視覺、聽覺或思考上的敏銳清晰 Acumen is about good judgment in the real worldAcumen講的是在現實世界裡的良好判斷力
The word feels educated and a little formal; you see it in newspapers, job ads, and praise. Though actually, people almost always put another word in front. “She has acumen,” said alone, sounds incomplete. Speakers reach for business acumen, political acumen, legal acumen.
The word feels educated and a little formal這個字給人一種有教養、有點正式的感覺 you see it in newspapers, job ads, and praise你會在報紙、徵才廣告和讚美的話裡看到它 Though actually不過事實上 people almost always put another word in front大家幾乎都會在它前面加一個字 'She has acumen,' said alone, sounds incomplete單獨說'She has acumen.'聽起來不完整 Speakers reach for business acumen, political acumen, legal acumen人們會說business acumen（商業頭腦）、political acumen（政治手腕）、legal acumen（法律素養）
It is a compliment. It does not mean cruel or cold, even if a sharp judge of deals can sound tough.
It is a compliment這是一種讚美 It does not mean cruel or cold它不代表殘忍或冷酷 even if a sharp judge of deals can sound tough即使一個很會精明判斷交易的人聽起來可能很強硬
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acumennoun/ˈækjʊmən/
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Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
- "I am going to ask you a question that does not require much legal acumen to answer," said Lord Meersbrook to his attorney, when he called the next day in Lincoln's Inn;...
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesA sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
- The black star of the corolla, characteristic of the original form, the manyfloweredness of the inflorescence (often connected with [3]—4 whirls), upper leaves in the inflorescence, adpression of the acumina of the calyx, its size, the closely situated anthers, long pistils, the length of the pedicel above and below the articulation and the thickness of the pedicel dominate.
- 11. S. boyacense. Resembles S. Rybinii from which it is distinguished by the greater dissection of the leaves, the longer calyx acumens, smaller anthers and coloured corolla.
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anatomymedicinesciencesA bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
- The rostrum is the anterior extension of the carapace between the eyes. It ends in a more or less acute tip, or acumen, and may have a lateral spine on each side or bear a longitudinal keel (carina) on the dorsal surface.
- DIAGNOSIS—Rostrum usually with marginal spines, tubercles, or angles at base of acumen, and rarely with low medina carina.
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