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ADJ-GRADED
(人)充滿智慧的,英明的,睿智的
A wise person is able to use their experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions and judgments.
例句
She has the air of a wise woman...
她有才女氣質。
You're a wise old man: tell me what to do.
您是位睿智的長者:告訴我該怎么辦。
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ADJ-GRADED
(行動或決定)明智的,高明的
A wise action or decision is sensible.
例句
It's never wise to withhold evidence...
藏匿證據絕非明智之舉。
She had made a very wise decision...
她作了一個非常明智的決定。
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PHRASE
(做…)是明智的;最好(做…)
If someone says to you that it would be wise to do something, they are advising you to do it, because it is the most sensible and reasonable action or decision in a particular situation.
例句
It would be wise to get his eyes checked to ensure there is no problem.
最好檢查一下他的眼睛,確保沒有問題。
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PHRASE
明白,察覺(尤指他人試圖保密之事)
If you get wise to something, you find out about it, especially when someone has been trying to keep it secret.
例句
Dealers have already got wise to the trend and increased their prices accordingly.
交易商已經摸清了動向,相應提高了價格。
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PHRASE
(在事后或作出解釋后)仍然不明白,仍舊不完全知曉
If you say that someone is none the wiser after an event or an explanation, or that nobody is any the wiser after it, you mean that they have failed to understand it, or are not fully aware of what happened.
例句
The brewers are still none the wiser about the shape the Government envisages for the industry...
啤酒公司對政府對該行業的構想仍然不甚明了。
We could have stolen the original from the warehouse without you being any the wiser.
我們本可以把原作從庫房里偷出來而完全不讓你知曉。