wit的中文翻译是什么意思

wit

US/wɪt/
UK/wɪt/

n. 风趣; 才思; 理解力; 智力; 明智

wit柯林斯释义

N-UNCOUNT(说话的)风趣,机智,巧妙

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。

N-COUNT风趣的人;机智的人

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。

N-SING头脑;智慧

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。

N-PLURAL机智

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。

N-PLURAL把…吓得魂不附体

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

PHRASE时刻保持警惕;随机应变

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。

PHRASE智穷才尽;黔驴技穷;无计可施

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。

PHRASE与…斗智;与…比学问

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。

PHRASE(用于更准确地描述)亦即,也就是

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”。

wit英文释义

Noun

1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

    2. mental ability;

    • he's got plenty of brains but no common sense

    3. a witty amusing person who makes jokes

      wit同义词辨析

      mind, intellect, intelligence, brains, wit, wisdom

      这些名词均有"智力,智慧"之意。

      • mind : 使用广泛,无褒贬之意。强调诸如认识、记忆、思考、决定等的智慧功能。
      • intellect : 侧重不受感情或意志左右的冷静思考或领悟能力。
      • intelligence : 指处理或对付问题或情况的特殊才智;也指运用、展开智慧的能力。
      • brain(多用复数brains)强调理解能力和独立的或者首创性的思维能力。
      • wit : 指先天的才能、智力、意识等,隐含小聪明意味。
      • wisdom : 较文雅,也可指明智的言行。

      wit短语

      1. be at one's wits' end

        茫然不知所措;智穷计尽

      2. be frightened (或 scared) out of one's wits

        吓得魂不附体

      3. gather (或 collect) one's wits

        镇定下来

      4. have (或 keep) one's wits about one

        保持机警;保持头脑冷静

      5. live by one's wits

        靠耍花招骗人过日子

      6. pit one's wits against

        与(某人或物)竞争

      7. at (one's) wits' end

        智穷计尽;全然不知所措

      8. 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

      9. to wit

        也就是说;就是

      wit场景例句

      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.

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      wit词性变形

      wits

      wit反义词

      n. 风趣;机智

      dullnessstupiditytedium

      其他释义

      stupidity