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词汇 sagacity
释义 sagacity
noun[ U ]
 formaluk /səˈɡæs.ə.ti/ us /səˈɡæs.ə.t̬i/
the quality of having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments: 聪慧,思想敏锐,精明,洞察力
They showed their usual practical sagacity.他们表现出一贯的务实精明。
His air of kindness and sagacity tempts people to confide in him.他善良的风度和睿智的气质吸引着人们向他倾诉。
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sagacious
She showed wonderful sagacity in recognizing the danger at first glance.
For all his brilliance and sagacity, there was something dishonest about him.
He was unconscious of his sagacity.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Intelligence
acuity
acumen
agility
apt
aptness
brain
grey matter
gumption
highbrow
horse sense
hyper-intelligent
penetrative
perceptively
percipient
percipiently
perspicacious
perspicaciously
profundity
whip-smart
wisdom

Examples of sagacity


sagacity
This the experiment does not tell us; it leaves to our sagacity the burden of guessing.
Consequently, various forms of memory, sagacity, or wit were highly developed, whereas these bumps typical of vanity and passion for glory were extremely small.
There is an educational sagacity sourced from having school-age children.
The peace of 1919 is founded in union, confidence, sagacity and trust.
The book is well produced and is written with sagacity and feeling.
The dog showed great 'sagacity' in retrieving both lots, which the judges and the crowd applauded.
On the opposite side we have the dint of headstrong resolution and here we have the cairn sagacity.
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Indeed, if worked in the spirit and letter, and with political sagacity, it was home rule.
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There is no one who doubts his tact, his sagacity, and his knowledge of war.
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People in this country should perhaps more fully appreciate that it is not simply valour that we are praising but sagacity.
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Their hopes rested upon him—-upon his integrity as well as his sagacity.
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The language which it then used was that the height of political sagacity was to keep the masses ignorant.
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The sixth lies in my constituency, peopled by men and women of sensibility and sagacity who voted for me.
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He has shown constant sagacity and good judgment, not to mention good temper and other personal qualities.
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With great political sagacity, my party went to the country when all the demands for increased rates were being delivered to householders.
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