| 词汇 | example_english_cleverness |
| 释义 | Examples of clevernessThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. If disasters occur it is not because of stupidity but usually because of over-cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Was it that they wished to exhibit their cleverness? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With their greater turnover and their experience and cleverness, the shops have solved the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the general troubles of mankind is that man's technical cleverness has outstripped his wisdom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no cleverness about it at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I acknowledge quite readily that the window-dressing has been done with some cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has done that with enormous cleverness and without losing his balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having that opinion of his cleverness and his luck, we can understand the poisoner thinking it a risk he can afford to run. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He claimed merit for his cleverness in arriving at that narrow, precarious balance, and for keeping it steady. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose nobody believes that it needs only a little cleverness or a little bonhomie to put the whole thing right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The position he holds cannot be imagined to be the primary result of his own work, experiment and cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must avoid the over-cleverness which is so closely akin to stupidity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who walks the hospital wards knows quite well that the atmosphere of the hospital is as important as the cleverness of the doctor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They ought to ask themselves whether they are not training the rising generation in mere cleverness rather than in developing real character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have ability, cleverness and talent, which is not a matter of birth, in the young as well as in the old. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His so-called cleverness leads to damaging results for my constituents, for their small businesses, and for the economy of the country as a whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no prison that is impregnable to the slyness, the cleverness and the potential of the revolutionaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think historical evidence, if there is such a thing as historical evidence, really bears out the cleverness of the operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate his courage, moral and physical, his honesty, and his cleverness, and his oratorical gifts, which are far greater than my own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mere cleverness is not good enough in a profession such as this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need wisdom as well as cleverness, sense as well as science. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In farming, as in some areas of medicine, have we lost the wisdom in our pursuit of cleverness and profits? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always find that they are very interesting if only from the point of view of the cleverness with which they are written. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall vote for the amendment on this occasion, again according to my conscience and without regard to any kind of tactical cleverness or expediency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As for the housewife, she may be very clever, but some of these devices can match any cleverness she could possibly have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have promoted youngsters who could show cleverness at the age of 12 to some of the opportunities which the children of well-to-do people get. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is no cause for anxiety, why put in those safeguards, in regard to which you have shown your cleverness by making them illusory? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no ingenuity of thought which can find an easy way out, and no easy way that skill and cleverness can devise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that wisdom matters more than cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They failed to display either their brightness or their cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that the sort of cleverness we want to encourage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no particular cleverness; it is a very simple matter needing only diligence plus a little interest to produce the answers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite all the cleverness of medical science, long-term care will be needed for the foreseeable future for a significant number of elderly people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has done so with great cleverness and without showing his hand at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps unfortunately for governments, the cleverness of doctors and the advances in medical technology create their own pressures for higher spending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, we must not be foolish enough to imagine that man in his astute cleverness will not find ways and means of getting round the law in certain directions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The doctor may be clever, but his cleverness will not succeed unless there is an assurance that the work that he directs is going to be carried out faithfully. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think there should be any question of the cleverness or quality of the hereditary peerage; for me it is a question of principle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes wonder whether it is merely stupidity, or whether it is the kind of superficial cleverness which desires to make debating points and likes to obscure the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a kind of cleverness which is known in colloquial language as too clever by half, and which in actual practice is the highest form of stupidity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course that is a tribute to the cleverness of the medical profession and the doctors, but let nobody think that it is done without money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all admire his wit, his cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With regard to fixing prices, it should be remembered that the profit that may be made by a retailer will vary with the efficiency and cleverness of the retailer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot stand diplomacy and cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot stand diplomacy or cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all admire his cleverness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not cleverness, not literacy, not numeracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our cleverness, hard and unkind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He solves crimes and misdeeds accidentally, never by cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One of the secrets of his success as a bowler was his cleverness in adapting himself to the changing conditions of a pitch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Being nutmegged soon came to imply stupidity on the part of the duped victim and cleverness on the part of the trickster. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They extol gnomish virtues such as cleverness and craftsmanship. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He quickly displayed great cleverness in hitting the public taste, and many contemporaries of superior talent eagerly sought his aid as a collaborator. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is attracted to her cleverness, selflessness and the tender compassion which she showed to the kitten that she saved. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The main character traits are associated with tolerance in relations among individuals, the genders and ethnic communities, cleverness, hospitality, mutual help. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their writing style precludes any and all topical humor, striving instead for absurdity, literary sketches, and cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The story to which all this cleverness is applied ends up being about as meaningful as an evening spent cruising singles bars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Basically, his speciality is fighting by wits, and using cleverness to swindle his enemies, so that sometimes even his allies boo him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Raschid wades in and in a dazzling display of political cleverness and guile, rigs the election. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term, which is used in a pejorative or ironic sense, can also be used as a backhanded compliment to someone's perseverance, cleverness, or thrift. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite this the two explained that if cleverness were only about intent, then we could all be geniuses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are characterized by their cleverness and creativity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His immense strength and weight, added to his cleverness and agility, make him a powerful man. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He also commented that the cleverness of her performance makes up for the clumsiness of the production. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. My cleverness was like ice melting and tiles crumbling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His honourable father, having observed his smart sons cleverness and liking for knowledge and learning, paid his attention to his higher education. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ebony is exceptionally calculating and cunning, and puts her cleverness to good use. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like her father, she is incredibly intelligent and is capable of resolving complicated situations with great cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His cleverness extends to his themed puzzles, as well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The caper story is distinguished from the straight crime story by elements of humor, adventure, or unusual cleverness or audacity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cleverness is in the vanity it allows the guests, who are the very greatest and most self-regarding performers and creators of theatre and film. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Weasels have a reputation for cleverness, quickness and guile. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At times, he exhibits cleverness, bordering on brilliance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is a strong-willed woman who charms and beguiles all who know her with her wit and cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The vividness of the descriptions and the cleverness with which the conversations were reported ensured a success, and the work was translated into several languages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the fateful night, the men return home, full of glee at their own cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She was one of the last to die, due to her cleverness, avoiding any form of contact with other tributes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One reviewer stated that the movie teeters on the brink of tedious but repeatedly saves itself with moments of cleverness or insight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In home and hobby circles, a hacker is a person who enjoys exploring the limits of what is possible, in a spirit of playful cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He represents the mystical cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sayaka, in turn, praises herself for her cleverness in transforming her body. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He used anecdote to excite sentimentality, to enliven the dry business of law by cleverness or witticisms mostly of a personal sort. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Longer pangrams may afford more opportunity for humor, cleverness, or thoughtfulness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Lower officials ("amtya" s) should be assigned to duties based on their personal attributes, including honesty, intelligence, and cleverness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The only way he can win is to grant me heaven because of my courage and cleverness. While he prides himself on the cleverness of this maneuver, he seems remarkably unselfaware. He, too, admires himself - for his qualities: his beauty, cleverness, talents - and for his success and achievements. Feeling is an "inchoate quality" of country songs, involving both verbal cleverness and a sense of embodied movement. The clerk drew a parallel between cleverness and aptitude and whiteness, but also saw whiteness as a holistic construct with many ethical and social entailments. Like computer-hackers breaching elaborate security systems to disrupt large organizations, they may have been secretly demonstrating their own cleverness. There may be a connection between possession of a lucky charm and cleverness. From this perspective, cleverness is a dangerous threat to candor and friendship (sw adaqa). The electric sheep on the bounty-hunter's roof-top is a pitiful symbol of human hope against the terrible consequences of our technical cleverness. In many respects, computational chemistry is still an art, and relies upon a delicate mix of physical intuition, pragmatic cleverness, and practical know-how. An audacious conjurer has generally been his hero, - some youth who, by wonderful cleverness, can obtain success by every intrigue that comes to his hand. Bakers had long been objects of both admiration and scorn in popular culture, respected for their hard work, wealth, and cleverness, but often accused of greed and dishonesty. They play the maintenance avoidance game with considerable cleverness and exceptional aptitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The children in agricultural areas are taught more respect to animals by their knowledge of the cleverness of animals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our concern is about the cleverness of defence lawyers—after all, they are paid to be clever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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