street smarts
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈstriːt ˌsmɑːts]
- 美式音标 [ˈstriːt ˌsmɑːrts]
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基本解释
- (尤指在都市的)生存能力,适应能力。
英汉例句
- Business savvy, street smart and able to think out of the box.
具有商业头脑,思维缜密活跃。 - What happens when a Wall Street tycon meets a street smart hustler?
一个是叱吒华尔街的奇才,一个是话头醒尾的地痞,两人一起运转乾坤! - No way, I had heard about that before I went to China. So I was pretty street smart and knew how to bargin.
原来你去中国前已经听说了,所以你知道怎么样和别人讨价还价。 - Never sign anything under duress, dear Scorpio.You are a master negotiator and quite street smart, too.If anyone can gracefully get out of signing something, it's you.
在束缚之下千万不要签署任何东西,亲爱的天蝎座,你是协商的王者,而且很有街头智慧的,如果问谁会为了不签署这些文件而感到高兴,那肯定是你。 - I probably had developed some street smarts and some think-on-your-feet type skills by the time that I was a teenager that some people don't come across until much later in life, if at all.
当我还十几岁的时候可能就慢慢学会在城市中巧妙生活的方式和边想边做的技能,如果有这些方式和技能的话,很多人直到很晚了才学会。
英英字典
- the ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big towns or cities