wise
wise 英 [waɪz] 美 [waɪz]
adj. 明智的；聪明的；博学的
名词复数:wises 比较级:wiser 最高级:wisest
- The adjective wise describes someone who has experience and a deep understanding. Your wise older sister always gives the best advice.
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- adj. 明智的；聪明的；博学的
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1. a wise old man
智叟
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2. I'm older and wiser after ten years in the business.
在商界混了十年之后，我变得老成聪明了。
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3. a wise decision
明智的决定
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4. It was very wise toleave when you did.
你那时离开非常明智。
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5. I was grateful for her wise counsel.
我感激她为我指点迷津。
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6. She nodded wisely.
她聪明地点了点头。
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7. He wisely decided to tell the truth.
他明智地决定实话实说。
- wise (adj.) Old English wis "learned, sagacious, cunning; sane; prudent, discreet; experienced; having the power of discerning and judging rightly," from Proto-Germanic *wissaz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian wis, Old Norse viss, Dutch wijs, German weise "wise"), from past-participle adjective *wittos of PIE root *weid- "to see" (hence "to know"). Modern slang meaning "aware, cunning" first attested 1896. Related to the source of Old English witan "to know, wit."
- wise (n.) "way of proceeding, manner," Old English wise "way, fashion, custom, habit, manner; condition, state, circumstance," from Proto-Germanic *wison "appearance, form, manner" (see wise (adj.)). Compare Old Saxon wisa, Old Frisian wis, Danish vis, Middle Dutch wise, Dutch wijs, Old High German wisa, German Weise "way, manner." Most common in English now as a word-forming element (as in likewise, clockwise); the adverbial -wise has been used thus since Old English. For sense evolution from "to see" to "way of proceeding," compare cognate Greek eidos "form, shape, kind," also "course of action." Ground sense is "to see/know the way."
- wise (v.) Old English wisean "make wise or knowing" (transitive), cognate with Old Frisian wisa, Old Saxon wisian, Middle Dutch wisen, Dutch wijzen, Old High German wisan, German weisen; from the source of wise (adj.). Intransitive wise up is attested by 1905.
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