sagacity
英 [sə'gæsɪtɪ]
美 [sə'gæsəti]
sagacity 中文词源
sagacity 明智，练达来自 sagacious,明智的，练达的，-ity,名词后缀。
sagacity 英文词源
- sagacity (n.)
- c. 1500, from Middle French sagacité, from Latin sagacitatem (nominative sagacitas) "keenness of perception, quality of being acute," from sagax (genitive sagacis) "of quick perception, acute," related to sagus "prophetic," sagire "perceive keenly," from PIE root *sag- "to track down, trace, seek" (cognates: Old English secan "to seek;" see seek). Also used 17c.-18c. of animals, meaning "acute sense of smell."
sagacity 双语例句
1. It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision. 作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识. 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Sagacity, unlike cleverness, usually increases with age.
- 明智和聪明不同, 通常是随着年龄增长的.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. I hesitate to record the many other instances of his sagacity.
- 我不大愿意把关于他如何聪明的其他许多事例写下来.
来自辞典例句
- 4. All his sagacity seemed to desert him.
- 他似乎完全失去洞察力.
来自辞典例句
- 5. These inventions had obtained for him the renown of more than human sagacity.
- 他的这些发明使人们把他看得神乎其神.
来自辞典例句