1 ADJ-GRADED (人)充满智慧的,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. (人)充满智慧的,英明的,睿智的
SYN sage, knowing, understanding, aware
2 ADJ-GRADED (行动或决定)明智的,高明的 A wise action or decision is sensible. (行动或决定)明智的,高明的
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It's never wise to withhold evidence.
藏匿证据绝非明智之举。
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She had made a very wise decision.
她作了一个非常明智的决定。
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It is wise to seek help and counsel as soon as possible.
尽快寻求帮助和建议乃明智之举。
SYN sensible, sound, politic, informed
3 PHRASE [PHRASE to-infinitive] (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. (做…)是明智的;最好(做…)
4 PHRASE 明白,察觉(尤指他人试图保密之事) If you get wise to something, you find out about it, especially when someone has been trying to keep it secret. 明白,察觉(尤指他人试图保密之事) [informal]
5 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE] (在事后或作出解释后)仍然不明白,仍旧不完全知晓 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. (在事后或作出解释后)仍然不明白,仍旧不完全知晓
Quotations
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget Thomas Szasz The Second Sin
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