| 单词 | wits |
| 释义 | wits 1.(ability to think quickly)机智 to use your wits to do sth运用机智做某事 She used her wits to outsmart the enemy.她用机智打败了敌人。 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。 2.(sanity)健全的心智 out of your wits心智不正常的；六神无主的 You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.你把我们吓坏了, 我们听说你出了事故。 to frighten the wits out of sb把…吓得六神无主 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 idiom ◆at your wits' end智穷才尽；全然不知所措 We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wits' end.我们经常争吵, 从没有单独清静的时候, 我真是没有办法了。 ◆five wits<废>五官感觉；心智 ◆to have your wits about you/to keep your wits about you保持头脑清醒；随机应变 You'll need to have your wits about you at the interview.在采访时你要保持头脑清醒。 Travellers need to keep their wits about them.旅行者需要随机应变。 ◆to live by your wits靠耍小聪明为生 ◆to pit your wits against sb与某人斗智；与某人比学问 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。 |
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