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ADJ-GRADED
聪明的;聪颖的;智商高的
Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
例句
He's a very clever man...
他非常聪明。
My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was...
我妹妹向来比我聪明许多。
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ADJ-GRADED
(观点、书、发明)巧妙的,绝妙的
A clever idea, book, or invention is extremely effective and shows the skill of the people involved.
例句
...a clever and gripping novel.
构思巧妙、扣人心弦的小说
A colleague of mine in Milan devised the following very clever little experiment.
我在米兰的一个同事设计了下面这个非常巧妙的小实验。
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PHRASE
聪明过头的;过分聪明的
If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
例句
His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.
崇拜他的人很多说他聪明;恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。