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词汇 streetwise
释义 streetwise
adjective
uk /ˈstriːt.waɪz/ us /ˈstriːt.waɪz/(US alsostreet-smart)
able to deal successfully with dangerous or difficult situations in big towns or cities where there is a lot of crime: 适应都市生活的,具有都市生存智慧的
McDonald was as streetwise as any of the criminals he had investigated.麦克唐纳和他调查过的罪犯一样精明世故。
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Examples of streetwise


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Koolhaas is the streetwise entrepreneur, learning from speculators' architecture, dealing in buildings as diagram and envelope, with little stated regard for structural systems or materials.
He's obviously not streetwise, so she takes special care to determine a safe route back for him, and she makes sure that he understands her directions.
Not all defendants, particularly those in the age bracket of 10 to 13, are streetwise, educated young criminals.
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My kids are streetwise—they have to be to survive in this area.
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We therefore need to be extremely streetwise about putting them in a position of trust with a personal adviser.
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While they are doing that, streetwise operators elsewhere are jumping in first thing and cornering the market.
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Streetwise picks up a large number of these youngsters and counsels them.
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They are sufficiently streetwise to produce evidence that they have indeed sought work but were refused.
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The best that one can do is to endeavour to bring up one's children to be as sensible, streetwise and balanced as possible.
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It likes to present an efficient streetwise image, although we know that it cannot manage the economy.
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They want to be more "streetwise" than their peers.
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I consider myself to be streetwise, and images or even the reality of violence do not shock me easily.
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They are sensible and streetwise, not unwise and sitting behind desks.
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The university of life does one thing above all else—it makes one streetwise.
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Those people are slightly more streetwise and know that the agency will never be able to get round to them.
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