n.精明(刁鉆;劇烈)
In his time, the old gentleman was a working mason, and had risen form the ranks more, I think, by shrewdness than by merit. 那時,這老頭兒只不過是個泥瓦工罷了。他之所以發(fā)跡,我認為靠的是精明的而不是業(yè)績。