Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense wises, present participle wising, past tense, past participle wised, comparative wiser, superlative wisest
1ADJ-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
Our man had wisely decided to be picked up at the farm.
我们头儿作出了英明决定—让人来农场接他。
3PHRASE [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…)
It would be wise to get his eyes checked to ensure there is no problem.
最好检查一下他的眼睛,确保没有问题。
4PHRASE 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]
Dealers have already got wise to the trend and increased their prices accordingly.
交易商已经摸清了动向,相应提高了价格。
5PHRASE [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
The brewers are still none the wiser about the shape the Government envisages for the industry.
啤酒公司对政府对该行业的构想仍然不甚明了。
We could have stolen the original from the warehouse without you being any the wiser.