wisdom
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Wisdom is the ability to use your experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions or judgments. 智慧
...the patience and wisdom that comes from old age. …老年的耐心和智慧。
2. N-SING If you talk about the wisdom of a particular decision or action, you are talking about how sensible it is. 明智
Many Lithuanians have expressed doubts about the wisdom of the decision. 許多立陶宛人都已經(jīng)對這個(gè)決定是否明智表示了懷疑。
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wisdom /?w?zd?m/
劍橋詞典
- the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments
- I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject .
- I questioned the wisdom of taking so many pills .
- According to received wisdom, exposure to low level radioactivity is harmless .
- I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.
- What other astonishing nuggets of wisdom do you have for us?
智慧；明智
I certainly hope to gain a little wisdom as I grow older . 我當(dāng)然希望自己隨著年齡的增長而多一些智慧。
He hosts a weekly radio programme in which he dispenses wisdom (= gives his opinions ) on a variety of subjects . 他主持一個(gè)每周一次的廣播節(jié)目，就各種話題發(fā)表自己的看法。
I tend to doubt the wisdom of separating a child from its family whatever the circumstances . 不管出于什么情況，將一個(gè)孩子與家人分開，我都會(huì)懷疑這樣做是否明智。
Did we ever stop to question the wisdom of going to war ? 我們是否曾經(jīng)停下來想一想?yún)?zhàn)是否明智？
Before I went off to university my father gave me a few words of wisdom. 在我上大學(xué)之前，父親告訴我一些至理名言。
Conventional/Received/Popular wisdom has it (= most people think ) that women are more emotional than men, but in my experience it often isn't the case . 通常的看法認(rèn)為女性比男性更情緒化，但依我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來看，事情往往不是這樣。
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