acumen

noun
🔊/ˈækjəmən/, 🔊/əˈkjuːmən/
🔊/ˈækjəmən/, 🔊/əˈkjuːmən/
[uncountable, singular]
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  1. the ability to understand and decide things quickly and well精明;敏锐
    • He had demonstrated considerable business acumen.他展示了极大的经商才能。
    • commercial/financial acumen商业/金融敏锐
    • She has an acumen for handling finances that far exceeds what one typically finds in our industry.她对财务的敏锐度远远超过我们行业中通常所能发现的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • great
    • business
    verb + acumen
    • demonstrate
    • show
    • have
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘sharpness, point’, from acuere ‘sharpen’ from acus ‘needle’.