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witswItspl npractical intelligence or understanding头脑，智力，理解力She's learned to survive on her keen wits and intellect.她已经学会了依靠她敏锐的头脑与智力生存。He'll need all the wits and political experience he can muster if he's going to run for president.如果他打算参加总统竞选的话，将会需要自己所能聚集的所有机智及政治经验。The trial became an elaborate game of wits between the two lawyers.这场审判成了两名律师之间的高难度智力竞赛。In the gameshow, each contestant has to pit their wits against (= compete in a test of intelligence and knowledge with) the celebrity guest if they want to go for the star prize.在游戏节目中，每位参赛选手都得绞尽脑汁与特邀的名人对抗，如果他们想争取明星奖的话。If you collect/gather your wits after something shocking or unexpected has happened, you try to control your feelings and think clearly again.不慌乱，镇静下来When he heard that the police were after him, he had just enough time to gather his wits and leave town before they arrived at his house.听说警察在追捕他时，他仅有点时间镇静下来，在他们到达之前离开城镇。She spent the five-minute break between games gathering her wits and rethinking her strategy for the second half of the match.她利用中场休息的5分钟镇静下来，并重新考虑下半场比赛的策略。To have/keep/need (all) your wits about you is to be ready to think and react quickly to something that is going to happen.警觉，保持头脑冷静，保持头脑清醒You'll have to keep your wits about you when negotiating the contract.合同谈判时，你必须保持头脑清醒。The Italian team are going to need all their wits about them if they want to beat the French in the final tomorrow.意大利队如果想在明天的决赛中战胜法国队的话，需要得保持头脑高度清醒。If you are at your wits'end, you are so worried by something that you do not know what to do next. 智穷计尽，全然不知所措I'm at my wits'end with Lucy--she goes out every night and doesn't come home till four.我对露西是伤透脑筋了----她每天晚上都要出去，直到4点才回家来。If something scares, frightens, etc. you out of your wits, or scares the wits out of you, it makes you very frightened.吓得魂不附体That loud noise scared the wits out of me.那响声吓得我魂不附体。[WIT, WITLESS]
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