savvy

savvy 可作形容词、名词和动词，核心都围绕“了解情况、看得明白，并能机灵处理”：指人或做法精明而见多识广，也可指这种精明，或表示理解。

💡 记忆钩子

把 savvy 想成一个人一眼看懂局面、还知道怎么应对：这个人是“精明而有见识的”（形容词），这种看懂并会处理的本领就是“精明”（名词），而“看懂、理解”就是动词用法。

📝 学习建议

建议先掌握形容词用法，再连带记住名词和动词；三种词性都不要只笼统译成“聪明”。
savvy 强调实际判断力和对情况的了解，不一定表示智商高，也不等于正式语境中的“专业”或“博学”。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 精明而有见识的

📖 形容人或做法对情况了解得多，能看出关键并作出机灵、实际的判断；重点不是单纯聪明，而是懂行又会应对。

💡 常见结构是 “savvy about/in + 名词” 或 “savvy + 名词”，例如表示熟悉某个领域或某类问题。它是非正式的褒义词，但语气比单纯的“聪明”更偏向实际、有经验；不要用它表示一个人只是学习成绩好。

informal

She's savvy about online scams and rarely falls for them.

她很懂网络诈骗，很少会上当。

Savvy shoppers compare prices before they buy.

精明的购物者会在购买前比较价格。

savvier comparative savviest superlative

noun

core 精明；实际判断力

📖 savvy 作为名词，指一个人看懂局面、了解门道并采取有效做法的能力，也就是“懂行的精明”。

💡 常放在表示拥有或缺乏这种能力的结构中，如 “have the savvy to + 动词”。它通常不加复数形式，语体较口语化；不要把它理解成抽象的智力总量，而应理解为面对实际问题时的判断力。

informal uncountable

You need some business savvy to run a small shop.

经营一家小店需要一些经营方面的实际判断力。

verb

core 理解；看懂

📖 作动词时，savvy 就是把情况或意思看明白，尤其是理解其中的实际门道；它和形容词、名词共享“看懂并能应对”的核心概念。

💡 可直接接名词或从句，如 “savvy the problem” 或 “savvy what happened”。它主要用于非正式口语，正式写作通常改用表示“理解”的普通词；不要把它当作“变得精明”或“节省”的意思。

informal

I don't savvy why he changed his mind.

我不明白他为什么改变了主意。

Do you savvy what this warning means?

你明白这个警告是什么意思吗？

savvies present,singular,third-person savvying participle,present savvied participle,past savvied past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

get the meaning of something

同义词集: grok get the picture comprehend savvy dig grasp compass apprehend

Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

上位: understand 下位: catch on, cotton on, digest, figure, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

同义词集: understanding apprehension discernment savvy

he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect

上位: knowing 下位: appreciation, brainstorm, brainwave, comprehension, grasp, grasping, hindsight, hold, insight, realisation, realization, recognition, self-knowledge

🌳 词源

savvy 源自英语基础克里奥尔语和皮钦语中的用法，最终与葡萄牙语中表示“知道”的词有关；最初先作名词和动词，后来才出现形容词用法。

Alteration of save, sabi (“to know”) (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe (“[she/he] knows”), from saber (“to know”), from Latin sapere (“to taste; to know”). First appears c. 1785 in a dictionary by Francis Grose, as a noun, “practical sense, intelligence”; also a verb, “to know, to understand”. The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun.

🔄 变式

savvied past savvier compar savvies present savviest superl savvying present

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