He had the right personal qualities, too: a fine mind, a tough hide, a dry wit, and he was a better hearts player than Erskine Bowles.

在性格方面他也很合适：精明的头脑、坚强的内心、冷幽默，在攻心策略上比厄斯金还要更胜一筹。

youdao

Dry wit, intelligence, and yes, maybe a little bit of attitude—these are the things I am grateful I have received from you.

我很高兴我从你那遗传了我的机智、聪明，可能还有一点倔劲儿。

youdao

Mr Sen writes with dry wit, a feel for history and a relaxed cosmopolitanism.

桑才思敏锐，写作中带有对历史的感悟和一丝不拘的国际观。

youdao

He had a wonderfully dry wit and didn't hesitate to apply it self-deprecatingly.

FORBES: Caspar W. (Cap) Weinberger

Heady stuff indeed, but Ives, a wire-thin man who favors gin martinis as dry as his wit, is enjoying quite a bit of limelight after steadily building an unorthodox career first as a playwright of one-act comedies and lately as a sought-after theatrical medic.

WSJ: Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly