English Vocabulary: Meanings of Smart
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smart (1): intelligent, clever, quick-witted
smart man (boy, lad, writer, student, lawyer, businessman, talker); smart idea (retort, saying, device, invention); He's too smart for me. I can't prove his guilt. You are smarter than I am, I suppose. You know more about the world than I do. You've made a smart job of it.
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smart (2): trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way
smart answer (reply); Don't get smart with me, young man, or I'll slap your face.
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smart (3): neat, clean, tidy, attractive, bright in appearance
smart dress (hat, shoes); smart house (car, garden, ship); They've painted their cottage yellow and it looks so smart. I say, you do look smart.
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smart (4): fashionable
smart restaurant; smart society
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smart (5): controlled by computers
smart machines; smart weapons
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smart (6): quick in movement, brisk
smart walk; smart blow on the head
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smart alec(k): someone who always says clever things in a way that is annoying
He's a smart alec(k).
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smarten up (1): to make yourself look neat and tidy
You'd better smarten yourself up.
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smarten up (2): to improve
The company needs to smarten up their act if they want to keep customers.
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exchange (n, 1): giving one thing and receiving another in its place
a fair exchange; That was a fair exchange. Our flat was small so we got an exchange.
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exchange (n, 2): the exchange of ideas, information
the exchange of ideas; the exchange of information; The organization is dedicated to the free exchange of information. It's a place where you can chat and exchange ideas.
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exchange (n, 3): to change money from one currency to another
a favourable exchange rate; a more favourable exchange rate
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exchange (n, 4): an arrangement in which a student or teacher visits another university
an exchange student; a twenty-year-old exchange student from Poland
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exchange (v, 1): to give one thing and receive another thing for it
to exchange gifts at Christmas; to exchange phone numbers
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exchange (v, 2): to replace one thing for the other
to exchange a black suit for a blue one; As the coat was a bad fit, he decided to exchange it. Let's exchange seats.
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exchange (v, 3): to exchange glances (views, greetings, opinions, etc.)
to exchange glances (views, greetings, opinions); I went over and exchanged greetings with everyone.
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in exchange
You've lost my book, so I'll take yours in exchange.
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to get (give) smth in exchange (for smth)
Roberta expected to get Fred's obedience in exchange for all her care. They were given a better flat in exchange for their old one.
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to exchange blows (with somebody)
The boys exchanged blows and went their ways.
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guilt (n, 1): a strong feeling of shame and sadness because you know that you've done something wrong
a strong sense of guilt; A strong sense of guilt was written all over his face.
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guilt (n, 2): breaking an official law or moral rule
He didn't deny his guilt. There is no evidence of his guilt.
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a guilt complex
With such strict parents it's no surprise that the boy has a guilt complex.
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a feeling of guilt about (at, over) smth
I have no feelings of guilt about leaving Tom.
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a sense of guilt
He felt an enormous sense of guilt when he thought how he had treated her.
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to lay a guilt trip on smb (AmE, informal)
I wish my parents would stop laying a guilt trip on me for not going to college.
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to find fault with smb (smth)
She's always finding fault (with everybody).
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to pick on smb for smth wrong
Whose fault is it? It is entirely your fault that we are late.
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through no fault of one's own
It happened through no fault of my own.
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through no fault of mine (hers, his, ours, etc.)
Your Honour, I've been out of work through no fault of mine for two years.
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at fault
The policeman said that the other driver was at fault.
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guilty (1): ashamed
a guilty person; I feel guilty at forgetting his birthday again. It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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(to have) a guilty conscience, look, smile, etc
a guilty conscience; a guilty look; It was her guilty conscience that made her offer to help. No matter how hard he tried to prove that he was innocent, his guilty look betrayed him.
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to look (feel, sound, etc.) guilty
Though Tom did not look guilty, Aunt Polly was sure he was telling a lie.
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guilty (2): having done something that is a crime
guilty of arson; The jury found him guilty of arson.
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to be guilty of (doing) smth
The woman was guilty of giving false testimony.
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to find smb guilty (innocent)
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
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to plead (not) guilty
The defendant pleaded (not) guilty. He pleaded guilty to two charges of theft.
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the guilty party (formal): the person who has done something illegal or wrong
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trust (n, 1): a strong belief in the honesty, goodness of a person or thing
a lack of trust; At first there was a lack of trust between them.
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trust (n, 2): a combination of business or commercial firms
a powerful oil trust; "Shell Oil" is a powerful oil trust.
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to have (put, place) trust in smb (smth)
complete (perfect) trust in his mother; Put no trust in him. Put your trust in God and keep your (gun)powder dry.
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to trust to chance (to luck)
Don't trust to chance.
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to trust to one's memory
A forgetful man should not trust to his memory but should write things down in his notebook.
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trust (v, 1): to have faith and confidence in people
trust him completely; He's not a man to be (who is to be) trusted too far. Don't trust him an inch. I don't trust him at all.
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trust (v, 2): to be sure that something will work properly
You can't trust the buses to run on time.
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trust (v, 3): to give into the care of
trusted to look after the garden; I wouldn't trust him with the keys.
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trust (v, 4): to trust smb to do smth (spoken)
Trust you to write down the wrong address!
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to entrust smth to smb
entrust the keys to Jack; We entrusted our life to a physician. Can we entrust the task to him?
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to entrust smb with smth
entrust him with the task; I am afraid he is too young to be entrusted with the job.
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trustful / trusting: full of trust; not suspicious
be trustful; She is so trusting of people!
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trustingly: in a trustful manner
The child trustingly put his hand in mine.
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trustworthy: worthy of trust; reliable
an honest and trustworthy fellow; You can always rely on him.
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effect (n, 1): immediate result or change
major (profound, significant, bad, harmful, damaging) effect; a big effect; She turned pale at his words and he was frightened by the effect they had produced.
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to have an effect on smb
My parents' divorce had a big effect on me.
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to be of little (much, no) effect
The protest was of no effect.
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to be to no effect
My persuasion was to no effect; she refused to go.
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cause and effect
In mental illness, there's a complex relationship between cause and effect.
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effect (n, 2): influence
the effects of the heat; the effect of chemicals on each other; The children were suffering from the effects of the heat. Scientists study the effect of chemicals on each other.
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to have (produce) an effect on smb
I think the medicine will have no effect (a good effect) on him.
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effect (n, 3): performance, execution
take effect; go into effect; The law (treaty) will take effect in May.
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to take effect, go into effect
The law (treaty) will take effect in May.
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to be in effect
The law is still in effect.
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to bring (carry) into effect
The plan was brought (carried) into effect.
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effect (n, 4): impression produced
a pretty effect; wonderful cloud effects
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to be calculated for effect
His whole behaviour is calculated for effect.
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to talk for effect
Don't lay much store by his words, he only talked for effect.
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effective (1): successful, working in the way that was intended
effective measures; an effective action; effective remedy; The method has proved effective. It's an effective cure for a headache.
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effective (2): starts officially (about a law or agreement)
The cut in interest rates is effective from Monday.
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efficient: competent, working well
an efficient secretary (workman, officer, army, staff of teachers); The city's transport system is one of the most efficient in Europe. We need someone really efficient who can make the office run smoothly.
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efficiently: in an efficient manner
The business is efficiently run.
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smart card: a small plastic card with an electronic part that records and remembers the information
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smart phone: a mobile phone that also works as a PDA
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blame
He is the kind of man who always tries to shift the blame onto the others.
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fault
I'm sorry. It's all my fault. She loves him in spite of his faults.
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