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whip-smart adjective informal mainly US(alsowhip smart)uk /ˈwɪpˌsmɑːt/ us /ˈwɪpˌsmɑːrt/ (of a person or animal) intelligent and able to understand things quickly: 聪明绝顶 They have a whip-smart and beautiful daughter in college. The candidate was described as "whip smart", with judgment beyond his years.这位候选人被描述为聪明绝顶,其判断力超出了他的年龄。 showing intelligence in an exciting and interesting way: 聪明灵活 The critics praised the show's whip-smart dialogue.评论家称赞了该节目巧妙的对话。 When things start to go wrong, he must act with whip-smart precision to keep his plan intact. There's a whole new generation of whip-smart designers out there, waiting to take over from the old order. Agility training is the perfect sport for breeds like the whip-smart Border Collie. Philadelphia is a city of colleges and is full of whip-smart students. This was whip-smart political satire. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Intelligence acuity acumen agility apt aptness brain grey matter gumption highbrow horse sense hyper-intelligent penetrative perceptively percipient percipiently perspicacious perspicaciously profundity when all is said and doneidiom wisdom |