wise/waɪz/

adj

1. 英明的；明智的

• You are wise to leave now. 你现在离开是明智的。

• a wise judgment 明智的判决

2. 聪明的；有智慧的

• He is a wise man. 他是一个聪明的人。

• a wise saying 箴言

3. 非正式 知道，了解

• I am wise to your game. 我知道你的花招。

4. 有学问的

• be wise in history 精通历史

5. 精明的

• He is wise in money matters. 他对钱财的事情很精明。

• wise in the ways of the world 深谙世故

词组get wise

1. 非正式 发觉；明白

• Just put the money back on the shelf before anyone gets wise to it. 趁没人发现之前把钱放回架子上。

2. 变得傲慢无礼；放肆

• Don't get wise with me, young man! 小伙子，休得在我面前放肆!

none the wiser 非正式 还是不明白，糊里糊涂

• I was still none the wiser,even after he'd told me how to use the machine. 即使在他告诉我如何使用这台机器后，我仍然不明白。

sadder but wiser 从错误和失败中吸取重要教训 wise after the event 事后聪明的 without anyone's being the wiser 在没人发觉的情况下，谁都没察觉 –wisely adv