wit /wɪt/ star2 CET4 TEM4 (wits)

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  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. 风趣; 机智

  例：

  Boulding was known for his biting wit.

  博尔丁以其嘲讽式的风趣而出名。

• 2.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） 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. 才智

  例：

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

  信息是现成的，等着有头脑的人去获取和利用。

• 3.  

  N-PLURAL（复数型名词） You can refer to your ability to think quickly and effectively in a difficult situation as your wits. 机智

  例：

  She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.

  她用她的机智攀升到今天的这个位置。

• 4.  

  N-PLURAL（复数型名词） 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. 神志[强调]

  例：

  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。

• 5.  

  ADV（副词） that is to say; namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents) 即; 也就是说