wit

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. 風(fēng)趣; 機智
Boulding was known for his biting wit. 博爾丁以其嘲諷式的風(fēng)趣而出名。
2. N-SING 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
The information is there and waiting to be accessed by anyone with the wit to use it. 信息是現(xiàn)成的，等著有頭腦的人去獲取和利用。
3. N-PLURAL You can refer to your ability to think quickly and effectively in a difficult situation as your wits. 機智
She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today. 她用她的機智攀陞到今天的這個位置。
4. N-PLURAL 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[強調(diào)]
You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident. 你把我們嚇壞了。我們聽說你出事了。
5. ADV that is to say; namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents) 即; 也就是說