英汉词典

wise 基本解释

• adj. 明智的；聪明的；博学的
• vt. 使知道；教导
• vi. 了解
• n. (Wise)人名；(英)怀斯

wise 词态变化

wise 中文词源

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wise 英文词源

wise

wise: English has two distinct words wise, but they come from the same ultimate source: the Indo-European base *woid-, *weid-, *wid-. This denoted ‘see’, and hence ‘know’, and it also produced English idea, vision, and wit. From it was formed the past participial adjective *wīttos, which passed into prehistoric Germanic as *wīsaz ‘knowing things, learned’.

And this has since evolved into German weise, Dutch wijs, Swedish and Danish vis, and English wise. Wisdom [OE] and wizard are derivatives. Meanwhile, another derivative of the same prehistoric base was the Germanic noun *wīsōn, *wīsō, whose original meaning ‘appearance’ (going back to the ancestral ‘see’ of the base) had developed via ‘for, shape’ and ‘kind, sort’ to ‘way, manner’.

This produced German weise, Dutch wijze, Swedish and Danish vis (used largely in compounds and phrases), and English wise (similarly nowadays restricted mainly to compounds, such as likewise and otherwise). Guise is ultimately the same word, filtered through Old French.
=> guise, idea, vision, wit, wizard

wise (adj.)

Old English wis "learned, sagacious, cunning; sane; prudent, discreet; experienced; having the power of discerning and judging rightly," from Proto-Germanic *wissaz (cognates: 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" (see vision). Modern slang meaning "aware, cunning" first attested 1896. Related to the source of Old English witan "to know, wit."

A wise man has no extensive knowledge; He who has extensive knowledge is not a wise man. [Lao-tzu, "Tao te Ching," c. 550 B.C.E.]

Wise man was in Old English. Wise guy is attested from 1896, American English; wise-ass (n.) by 1966, American English (probably a literal sense is intended by the phrase in the 1607 comedy "Westward Hoe" by Dekker and Webster). Wisenheimer, with mock German or Yiddish surname suffix, first recorded 1904.

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.

wise 词组搭配

wise 英文释义

1. a way of doing or being;

"in no wise"

"in this wise"

wise 同义词解析

bright, clever, wise, brilliant, intelligent, ingenious, smart, shrewd

这些形容词均含有"聪明的"之意。

bright： 口语常用词，多指年轻人，尤指小孩思路敏捷，理解力强，机灵等。

clever： 强调头脑灵活，接受新事物快，有智有谋，但不一定暗示全面妥当地考虑问题。

wise： 侧重不是一般的聪明伶俐，而是有远见，有智慧，能明智地处理问题。

brilliant： 指人的才华出众，思路敏捷，常令人赞叹不已。

intelligent： 正式用词，指在理解新的、抽象东西或处理解决问题时，智力超过一般常人。

ingenious： 指思路敏捷，并暗示有创造与发明的才能和技巧。

smart： 普通用词，与bright和clever的意思很相近，但更强调机灵。

shrewd： 指精明老练，有头脑，善于判断，把握有利机会。

wise 双语例句

1. They might be wise to stop advertising on television.

他们不妨停止在电视上做广告，这样做可能是明智之举。

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2. It is wise to seek help and counsel as soon as possible.

尽快寻求帮助和建议乃明智之举。

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3. They may be wise to err on the side of caution.

他们过于谨慎也许是明智的。

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4. Career-wise, this illness couldn't have come at a worse time.

考虑到事业，这场病来得最不是时候。

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5. You're a wise old man: tell me what to do.

您是位睿智的长者：告诉我该怎么办。

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wise 实用场景例句

a wise old man

智叟

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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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a wise decision

明智的决定

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It was very wise to leave when you did.

你那时离开非常明智。

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The wisest course of action is just to say nothing.

最妥当的行动方针是缄默不语。

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I was grateful for her wise counsel.

我感激她为我指点迷津。

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She nodded wisely.

她聪明地点了点头。

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He wisely decided to tell the truth.

他明智地决定实话实说。

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I've read the instructions, but I'm still none the wiser.

我看了用法说明，但仍然弄不明白。

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If you put the money back, no one will be any the wiser.

只要你把钱放回去，谁都不会察觉。

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He thought he could fool me but I got wise to him.

他以为能耍得了我，其实我清楚他是怎么一号人。

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She has the air of a wise woman...

她有才女气质。

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You're a wise old man: tell me what to do.

您是位睿智的长者：告诉我该怎么办。

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It's never wise to withhold evidence...

藏匿证据绝非明智之举。

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She had made a very wise decision...

她作了一个非常明智的决定。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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We could have stolen the original from the warehouse without you being any the wiser.

我们本可以把原作从库房里偷出来而完全不让你知晓。

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I'm not ready to go home; I'm still cashing up.

我还不能回家, 我正在结算一天的营业额.

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The dabbler in knowledge chatters away ; the wise man stays silent.

一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡.

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The highest are the wise and the lowest are the stupid.

上智下愚.

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I query very much whether it is wise to act so hastily.

我真怀疑如此操之过急地行动是否明智.

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