clever是一个形容词性单词,clever的基本意思是“灵巧”。可指人身体的灵巧,也可指人“心灵(思维敏捷、足智多谋)”或“手巧”。强调能较快地理解并正确掌握和应用所学的知识或技能。在口语中,clever可作“精明的,耍小聪明的”解,此时常有贬义。clever在句中可用作定语、表语或补语。它的比较级和最高级如下:
比较级:cleverer
最高级:cleverest
例句:
You really are quite a clever little thing
你真是个聪明的小家伙。
John were clever to see the solution of the problem so quickly enough.
约翰可真是聪明,竟如此快地看出了解决问题的方法。
How clever of you to do that!
你会做那个该是多聪明!
I like crows because they are clever.
我喜欢乌鸦因为他们是聪明。
He was clever to go away at that time.
他是聪明的去离开在那个时刻