acumen
Word family verbacuminatenounacuminationacumenadjectiveacuminous
ac·u·men /ˈækjəmən, əˈkjuːmən/ noun [uncountableU]JUDGEthe ability to think quickly and make good judgments 敏銳,聰明,機智business/political/financial etc acumenThe firm’s success is largely due to Brannon’s commercial acumen. 該公司的成功主要歸功於布蘭農的商業頭腦。
business/political/financial etc acumen• He had settled in Ireland many years ago and through his shrewd business ability and financial acumen he had become very wealthy.• Requests from group spokesmen illustrated varying degrees of preparation and political acumen.• I've never possessed any business acumen.• Beyond his financial acumen, Grigsby knows how to stroke business and political movers.• It has now been matched by his political acumen.• He was more remarked on for his love of cricket and helicopters than for his business acumen.• Not that she wanted his love even now; she did not-just his advice, just his financial acumen.• The point is not my poor business acumen, but that lawyering is a relationship, not a commodity. Origin acumen (1500-1600) Latin “point”, from
acuere;
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