Word of the Day：September 21, 2022

perspicacious

敏銳的；有洞察力的；精辟的

adjective /per-spuh-KAY-shus/ [ˌpɜrspɪˈkeɪʃəs]

What It Means

Perspicacious is a formal word that means “possessing acute mental vision or discernment.” Someone who is perspicacious has a keen ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious.

Perspicacious ，正式詞，意思是“擁有敏銳的心理洞察力”。具有敏銳能力的人，能夠注意到隐晦的、難理解的事情。

PERSPICACIOUS in Context

“Some of the film’s performances are merely peculiar and others merely apt, but [actor Don] Cheadle is thrilling, with coiled strength and a perspicacious gaze that seems to realize ideas in motion.” — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 July 2021

“這部電影的有些表演是奇特的，有些表演隻算是恰到好處的， 但 [演員唐] 錢德爾（Don Cheadle）的表演是令人興奮的，他用力量和敏銳的目光似乎從動作中表現出了想法。

Did You Know?

Some perspective on perspicacious: the word combines the Latin perspicac- (from perspicax meaning “clear-sighted,” which in turn comes from perspicere, “to see through”) with the common English adjective suffix -ious. The result is a somewhat uncommon word used to describe someone (such as a reader or observer) or something (such as an essay or analysis) displaying the perception and understanding of subtleties others tend to miss, such as the distinctions between the words perspicacious, shrewd, sagacious, and astute—something our synonym chooser can help with.

perspicacious 的某些看法：這個詞結合了拉丁語 perspicac-（來自 perspicax，意思是“clear- sighted「清晰的」”，而後者又來自 perspicere，“to see through「看穿」”）和常見的英語形容詞後綴 -ious。 最終是由一個不常見的詞來描述某人（如讀者或觀察者）或某事（如一篇文章或分析），指能夠感知和理解到他人容易錯過的細枝末節，如這些單詞之間的區别 perspicious「滑稽的」，shrewd「敏銳的」、sagacious「睿智的」和 astute「精明的」——something our synonym chooser can help with。

Test Your Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks to complete an adjective that can describe both literal and figurative nearsightedness: m _ _ p _ c.

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