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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5013 COCA: 5755
wit
wɪt wɪt wɪt
Word forms: plural wits
1 N-UNCOUNT （说话的）风趣，机智，巧妙 Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. （说话的）风趣，机智，巧妙

  • Boulding was known for his biting wit.

    博尔丁爱说尖酸的俏皮话是出了名的。

  • They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.

    他们喜欢她务实的人生态度、她的热情和幽默。

SYN humour, fun, quips, banter
2 N-COUNT 风趣的人;机智的人 If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. 风趣的人;机智的人

  • Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.

    福尔摩斯爱交际,非常风趣，兴趣广泛。

3 N-SING 头脑；智慧 If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation. 头脑；智慧

  • The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it.

    资料就摆在那儿，等着有头脑的人去利用。

SYN cleverness, mind, reason, understanding
4 N-PLURAL [usually poss NOUN] 机智 You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits . 机智

  • 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。

5 N-PLURAL 把…吓得魂不附体 You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much. 把…吓得魂不附体 [emphasis]

  • You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.

    你把我们吓坏了，我们听说你出事了。

  • ...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

6 PHRASE 时刻保持警惕;随机应变 If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation. 时刻保持警惕;随机应变

  • Travellers need to keep their wits about them.

    旅行者需要随机应变。

7 PHRASE 智穷才尽;黔驴技穷;无计可施 If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next. 智穷才尽;黔驴技穷;无计可施 [emphasis]

  • We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.

    我们经常争吵，从无在一起的时间，我真是没有办法了。

8 PHRASE 与…斗智;与…比学问 If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. 与…斗智;与…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。

9 PHRASE （用于更准确地描述）亦即，也就是 To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely. （用于更准确地描述）亦即，也就是 [literary]

  • He'd like 'happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit 'Major affective disorder, pleasant type'.

    他想给“幸福”一个更为科学的新称谓，准确地说即“愉悦型重度情感障碍”。

10 battle of wits→see: battle 
Quotations
True wit is nature to advantage dress'd,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism
Brevity is the soul of wit William Shakespeare Hamlet
Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit Christian N. Bovee
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion Friedrich Nietzsche Menschliches, Allzumenschliches
Trends of wit
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5013 COCA: 5755
wit

noun¹

 1clever use of words措辭巧妙ADJECTIVE | VERB + WIT | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤great妙語連珠▸➤quick, ready才思敏捷；頭腦機敏▸➤acerbic, barbed, biting, caustic, dry, mordant, rapier, razor-sharp, sarcastic, sardonic, sharp, sly, wicked, wry尖刻的風趣；挖苦的妙語；刻薄的諷刺；冷面幽默；敏捷的才思；冷嘲；狡黠▸➤gentle, self-deprecating輕鬆打趣；自嘲的妙語▸➤dazzling, sparkling出眾的口才；才華橫溢的風趣➤verbal口才VERB + WIT➤have說話風趣◇He has plenty of wit and imagination.他說話很風趣，也富於想像力。◇He had a dry wit. (BrE) 他很會板着臉說笑話。PHRASES➤wit and wisdom聰明才智◇a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics一部充分反映他 30 年政治生涯中才思與智慧的書
wit

noun²

 2intelligence智力ADJECTIVE | VERB + WIT | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤native天生的智慧◇She had to use all her native wit to convince the police.她不得不絞盡腦汁去說服警察。VERB + WIT➤have具有智慧；明智◇I hope he has the wit to take the key with him.我希望他還知道帶鑰匙。➤use運用智慧PHRASES➤beyond the wit of man (= impossible) (especially BrE) 不可能◇It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute.解決這場糾紛不是不可能的。
wit

noun³

 3wits ability to think quickly機智VERB + WITS | PHRASES VERB + WITS➤use利用機智➤have (especially NAmE) 有理智◇I hope you had the wits to apologize.我希望你能認識到錯誤去道歉。➤gather, recover恢復理智◇She couldn't seem to gather her wits and tell us what had happened.她好像還沒有恢復理智，還不能告訴我們發生了什麼事情。➤sharpen使思維敏捷➤match較量智慧◇The game allows you to match wits with a computer criminal.這個遊戲可以讓你與計算機罪犯鬥智鬥勇。PHRASES➤a battle of wits智慧的較量◇The strike developed into a battle of wits between management and workers.這場罷工發展成為勞資雙方智慧的較量。➤have your wits about you, keep your wits about you保持頭腦冷靜◇They do tough interviews, so you'll need to have your wits about you.他們的面試很難對付，所以你得保持頭腦清醒。➤pit your wits against sb (especially BrE) 與某人鬥智◇Celebrity teams pit their wits against each other in this lively quiz show.名人參賽隊在這一妙趣橫生的智力遊戲節目中互相鬥智較量。➤scare the wits out of sb將某人嚇得魂飛魄散◇The latest news has scared the wits out of investors.最新的消息把投資者嚇壞了。◇I was scared out of my wits!我被嚇得魂都沒了！➤wits' end無計可施◇I'm at my wits' end trying to cope with his moods.我想讓他平靜下來，可完全不知道該怎麼辦。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5013 COCA: 5755
wit noun
⇨ humour (a woman of charm and wit) ⇨ intelligence (pit your wits against sb)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5013 COCA: 5755

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