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If someone is perspicacious, they are very good at judging people and situations — they see what is really going on, and they are usually right. It is a heavy, formal, word. A teacher might write it in a report; almost nobody says it at the dinner table. It is not the same as being clever at school: you can be perspicacious about feelings and still fail a test. The Latin idea is “looking through.” Though actually, even native speakers mix it up with perspicuous, which means clear and easy to understand, usually of writing. One is about a sharp person; the other is about a clear sentence.
有洞察力的、眼光很準的(很書面)
組成From Latin perspicax, “sharp-sighted,” from perspiciō, “look through”: per- “through” + speciō “look at.” English has had the adjective since the 1500s. The matching noun is perspicacity.
同家族的字
- perspectivesame “look through / look at” family; a way of seeing
- perspicacitythe noun: the quality of being perspicacious
- inspectshares speciō, “look at”; to look into something carefully
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
perspicaciousadj/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/
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Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
- As a gay prisoner my incarceration has given me a perspicacious view of our judicial system.
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obsoleteAble to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。