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wise CLEVERwaIzadj-r, -st approving possessing or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life英明的，明智的，聪明的She's a very wise woman, my aunt --it's worth listening to her views on almost anything.她是个非常聪明的女人，我的姨妈----不论碰到什么问题，都值得听听她的意见。"No more wine for me, thank you, I never have more than four glasses." "How wise of you."“别再给我酒了，谢谢，我喝酒从不超过4杯。”“你真明智。”Looking at the weather, I think we made a wise decision not to go to the coast this weekend.看看这天气，我想我们的决定很明智，这个周末没有去海边。I think it/you would be wiser to wait and see how much money you've got left before you make any decisions. [+ to infinitive]我认为你这样做会更明智些: 等着看一下你还剩多少钱然后再作下一步决定。Was it Thomas More who said that the wise man learns from the experience of others?是托马斯·莫尔说聪明的人从他人的经验中学习的吗？(infml) If you (Am) act wise or (esp. Am) get wise with someone, you act or speak in a way that shows you do not respect them.对…放肆，对…傲慢无礼Don't get wise with me, young man--when I say no talking in class, I mean it!不要对我放肆，年轻人----当我说在课堂里不许说话时，我是当真的！She was always acting wise in high school, ridiculing her teachers and cutting classes.她在中学时总是傲慢无礼，戏弄老师，并且逃课。(infml) If you are wise to or get wise to a dishonest situation or way of doing something, you know about it or you start, because of experience, to understand it and begin to take advantage of it yourself.发觉，明白When I started working for myself I used to be scrupulously honest with the tax office--then I got wise to the game!我开始为自己工作时，曾对税务所极其诚实----后来我变聪明了。I listened very hard to your explanation but I'm afraid I'm still no wiser/ none the wiser (= I still don't understand).我非常认真地听你的解释，但恐怕我还是不明白。I never used to save any money but now that I'm a little older and wiser I can see the sense in it.我以前从不存任何钱，但现在我年纪大了些，也聪明了些，我能够明白其中的意义了。(infml disapproving) You might call someone a wise guy who annoys you by trying to show how much greater their knowledge is than yours.自作聪明的人，自命不凡的人Okay, wise guy, if you're so damned smart, you can tell everyone how it's done!好了，自命不凡的家伙，如果你真那么聪明的话，就能告诉每一个人这该怎么做了！(saying, esp. Br and Aus) 'It's easy to be wise after the event'means that it is easy to understand what you could have done to prevent something bad from happening after it has happened.“事后聪明很容易”In retrospect I suppose we should have insisted on checking inside, but then it's easy to be wise after the event.回想起来，我想我们本应该坚持检查里面的，但是事后聪明太简单了。"It is a wise father that knows his own child" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice 2.1)“了解自己孩子的父亲是一个聪明的父亲”（莎士比亚，《威尼斯商人》）
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