alert, sharp-worded, heads up, refreshingly vivacious

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sharp-worded
Harsh; "a sharp-worded exchange"


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The adjective HEADS UP has one meaning:
Meaning #1: fully alert and watchful
Synonym: wide-awake

A warning to watch out for potential danger, as in Heads up, that tree is coming down now! The expression is generally in the form of an interjection. [c. 1940]


heads up

(hĕdz'ŭp')
adj.
Showing an alert, competent style: play heads-up basketball.

n. Informal
Information or notification, especially in advance: gave me the heads-up on the new security measures.

alert[a・lert]

• 発音記号[ələ'ːrt]
• [形]（通例more 〜, most 〜）

1 （…に）油断なく気を配っている((to ...))；（…しようと）注意を怠らない((to do))（▼watchfulと違いalertは行動に重点がある）

an alert pilot
神経を張りつめたパイロット

be ［stay］ alert to the dangers of ...
…の危険に警戒を怠らない

be alert to seize an opportunity
機会を捕らえようとねらっている.

2 （…に）十分に気づいている((to ...)).

3 機敏な, （…が）敏捷(びんしょう)な((in ...))

an alert boy
気がきく男の子

be alert in answering questions
てきぱきと質問に答える

be alert in one's manner
動作がてきぱきしている.

4 〈負傷者などが〉気がしっかりしている.

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1 （特に空襲などに対する）警戒態勢；[C]警戒警報（発令期間）

combat alert
戦闘態勢

put 100 policemen on special alert
100人の警官を特別警戒態勢に置く.

2 待機指令.

on the alert

（…の）警戒態勢で((for, against ...))；（…しようと）警戒［待機］して((to do))

be on the alert for ［to capture］ a fugitive criminal
逃亡犯を捕まえようと張り込む.

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1 〈軍隊・船などに〉待機態勢をとらせる；…に（空襲・あらしなどの）警報を出す；［V[名]to do］…に（…するよう）警報を出す

alert Tokyo residents to prepare for the typhoon
東京都民に台風に備えるよう警報を出す.

2 〈人に〉（…を）警告する, （…への）注意を喚起する((to ...))；（事実などに）気づかせる((to ...))

alert everyone to the danger of flood
皆に洪水の危険があることを警告する.

［イタリア語all'erta （allaにおいて＋erta高所＝見張りの塔）. 原義は戦争に限られていた］

a・lert・ly

[副]

a・lert・ness

[名]

refreshinglyadverb

 US ​ /rɪˈfreʃ·ɪŋ·li/

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pleasantly and unexpectedly:

a refreshingly honest statement

這種「偏袒」的念舊之「傳記」，可參考，因為它們見証過去150年的一重要產業。Adam Macqueen的書又文采不錯。（Meanwhile, there's no harm in a little corporate nostalgia, especially when it is delivered in Mr Macqueen's refreshingly vivacious prose. ）
至於我們台灣出版的這本『P&G品牌行銷密碼』，可以用「自行刪剪、報喜不報憂」形容，參見下述目錄對照。烏乎！


vivacious

adjective

• (especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated.

Derivatives

vivaciously

adverb

vivaciousness

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin vivax, vivac- 'lively, vigorous' (from vivere 'to live') + -ious

vivacious	(adjective) Full of animation and spirit; lively.
Synonyms:	vibrant
Usage:	She was no longer the alert, vivacious American beauty who had charmed and delighted all who came in contact with her.