smart as a whip
基本解釋
- 聰明絕頂(俚語)
英漢例句
- Everybody says Tony is smart as a whip. He knows exactly what he can expect from the bureaucracy and how to get what he wants without the usual delay or trouble。
大家都說托尼聰明靈活,他很了解官僚機(jī)構(gòu)的辦事風(fēng)格,并且總能避免那些通常的拖拖拉拉和繁瑣手續(xù)來達(dá)到自己的目的。
edu.sina.com.cn - 1:Everybody says Tony is smart as a whip. He knows exactly what he can expect from the bureaucracy and how to get what he wants without the usual delay or trouble.
他說:大家都說Tony聰明靈活,他對(duì)官僚機(jī)構(gòu)的門路一目了然,而且能避免那兒通常有的拖延麻煩而達(dá)到自己的目的。 - “I felt that she was disciplined, that she was precise, that she was smart as a whip, ” he told Mr. Wolffe, “and that she would present a really strong image to the world.”
奧巴馬告訴沃爾夫說:“我覺得她很有自律精神,辦事準(zhǔn)確精當(dāng),精明干練。 而且,她也可以向世界強(qiáng)展示一個(gè)堅(jiān)強(qiáng)有力的形象?!?/li>權(quán)威例句
- She never got a college education even though she was smart as a whip.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House - Giffords is also smart-as-a-whip and a fierce advocate of developing solar power and other clean-tech jobs, especially in her sun-drenched southern Arizona district.
FORBES: The Woman Behind the Olbermann Tempest - He arrives like a breath of fresh air at the home of his sister and her family—which includes his niece, Charlotte (Teresa Wright), also nicknamed Charlie, a whip-smart recent high-school graduate who falls in love with him even as her own suspicions are raised.
NEWYORKER: Shadow of a Doubt