wit
n. 风趣; 才思; 理解力; 智力; 明智
Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.
Boulding was known for his biting wit...
博尔丁爱说尖酸的俏皮话是出了名的。
They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.
他们喜欢她务实的人生态度、她的热情和幽默。
If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.
Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.
福尔摩斯爱交际,非常风趣,兴趣广泛。
If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation.
The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it.
资料就摆在那儿,等着有头脑的人去利用。
You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits .
She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.
她凭借个人才智升到了今天的职位。
You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much.
You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.
你把我们吓坏了,我们听说你出事了。
...a huge bass drum which frightened the wits out of the organist each time it was banged.
每次敲起来都让风琴师惊慌失措的巨型低音鼓
If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation.
Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
旅行者需要随机应变。
If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next.
We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.
我们经常争吵,从无在一起的时间,我真是没有办法了。
If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.
He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning.
他不得不与一个冷静、聪明而又狡猾的对手斗智。
To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely.
He'd like 'happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit 'Major affective disorder, pleasant type'.
他想给“幸福”一个更为科学的新称谓,准确地说即“愉悦型重度情感障碍”。
1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
2. mental ability;
3. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
mind, intellect, intelligence, brains, wit, wisdom
这些名词均有"智力,智慧"之意。
be at one's wits' end
茫然不知所措;智穷计尽
be frightened (或 scared) out of one's wits
吓得魂不附体
gather (或 collect) one's wits
镇定下来
have (或 keep) one's wits about one
保持机警;保持头脑冷静
live by one's wits
靠耍花招骗人过日子
pit one's wits against
与(某人或物)竞争
at (one's) wits' end
智穷计尽;全然不知所措
have (one's) wits about (one) 或 keep (one's) wits about (one)
警觉:保持头脑警觉或镇静,尤指在危机时刻
to wit
也就是说;就是
Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
宁做聪明的傻子,不做愚蠢的聪明人.
It is an anthology that crackles with wit and wisdom.
这是一本妙语连珠、智慧洋溢的文集.
He has a swift wit.
他有急智.
The barb of his wit made us wince.
他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍.
Wit bought is better than wit taught.
亲身经验最可贵.