sagacity

sagacity

英 [sə'gæsɪtɪ]
　　美 [sə'gæsəti]

n. 睿智；聰敏；有遠見

中文詞源：

sagacity 明智，練達

來自 sagacious,明智的，練達的，-ity,名詞後綴。

例句：

1. It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.
作出這個決定需要政治傢的遠見卓識.

2. Sagacity, unlike cleverness, usually increases with age.
明智和聰明不同, 通常是隨著年齡增長的.

3. I hesitate to record the many other instances of his sagacity.
我不大願意把關於他如何聰明的其他許多事例寫下來.

4. All his sagacity seemed to desert him.
他似乎完全失去洞察力.

5. These inventions had obtained for him the renown of more than human sagacity.
他的這些發明使人們把他看得神乎其神.