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street smarts

【口】城市環境中機警生存的能力;知悉城市世態的精明幹練

a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment

    精明                   倖存                    城市的

    [ʃrud]                                                 [ˋɝbən]

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                                      http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/dictionary?p=urban

http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/dictionary?p=shrewd&docid=1092516

 http://www.google.com.tw/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|zh-TW&q=street+smarts&hl=zh-TW

“Street smarts”, usually plural, is the noun referring to such knowledge and know-how gained from actually surviving on the street instead of the classroom.

In other words, people who are streetwise have a lot of practical knowledge to enable them to survive in tough real-life situations. They are not bookworms who may have done well in school but find it hard to cope with situations that ask for one's instincts, common sense and perhaps sheer guts and fearlessness. 

http://translate.google.com.tw/translate?hl=zh-TW&sl=zh-CN&tl=zh-TW&u=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/columnist/2009-05/15/content_7781965.htm