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adroit [ә'drɒit]

a. 灵巧的, 敏捷的, 聪明的

By a sudden and adroit movement I placed my leave eye against his fist.
凭一下突然而又敏捷的动作，我把左眼朝他的拳头碰将过去的。
He is adroit in handling machinery.
他在应付机械是驾轻就熟。
The adroit prosecutor arranged his questions with admirable finesse.
那机灵的检查官以令人赞赏的手法安排他的问题。

adroit

[ adj ]
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
<adj.all>
an exceptionally adroit pianistan adroit technician
his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers
an adroit negotiator

Adroit \A*droit"\, a. [F. adroit; [`a] (L. ad) = droit straight,
right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See {Direct}.]
Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the
mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding
danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or
execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit
mechanic, an adroit reply. ``Adroit in the application of the
telescope and quadrant.'' --Horsley. ``He was adroit in
intrigue.'' --Macaulay.

Syn: Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft;
ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.

But now, the inflation snowball is rolling along without getting any bigger, perhaps because of adroit monetary policy, perhaps because global competition restrains price increases, perhaps because unions are weaker.
Through adroit use of the new technology, the Whitehead scientists pursued the sex gene through a maze of clues, compiling a report resembling a good detective novel.
Was I being honored for the adroit manner in which I bought 200 shares of a toy company called Worlds of Wonder Inc. for $25 each in 1986, and then sold the shares for 63 cents each in 1987?
It is not clear whether the president's adroit maneuvering will enable him to continue in control of the party long enough to take charge of a new, more liberal, political grouping likely to win majority support in the Algeria of the future.
People who are used to analyzing their own ideas will not only produce better ideas; they will be more adroit at and confident about criticizing the ideas of others, including the boss.
The adroit script, the first either of its co-authors has had produced, was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, sister of Steven.
British Printing's $1.73 billion bid for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., announced Monday, could become his most adroit maneuver yet.
Ever the adroit politician, he stopped talking about HDTV last spring and instead started campaigning successfully for the chairmanship of the Federal Communications Commission.
In 1991, the leaders of our armed forces, although still trained and adroit in battle tactics, as evidenced by the Gulf War results, are also trained and preach diplomacy.
THE LEGAL system and ICI have shown just how adroit they can be in the face of law which, if left unchanged, would produce results having little relation to common sense.
However, Mr. Dingman has in the past proved adroit at mergers and acquisitions, suggesting the possibility that Henley Properties might merge with a more established developer able to make use of the extensive land holdings.
Community activist groups have been particularly adroit at using newly required public disclosures of bank-lending records by race and neighborhood.
"His secret of success is he's so adroit at being able to separate himself from issues that become unpopular," says GOP Sen. Nancy Kassebaum.
When Sen. Jesse Helms, the conservative Republican from North Carolina, called Mikhail Gorbachev "a colorful and adroit public relations man" at a Senate hearing, he found himself alone.

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