wisdom
['wɪz.dəm] noun uncountable
ADVANCED
■the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments 智慧；明智•One certainly hopes to gain a little wisdom as one grows older.人们当然希望自己随着年龄的增长而获取一些智慧。 •He's got a weekly radio programme in which he dispenses wisdom (= gives his opinions) on a variety of subjects.他每周有个广播节目，就各种话题发表他的看法。 •I tend to doubt the wisdom of separating a child from its family whatever the circumstances.不管出于甚么情况，将一个孩子与家人分开，我都会怀疑这样做是否明智。 •Did we ever stop to question the wisdom of going to war?我们有否曾经停下来想一想参战是否明智？ •Before I went off to university my father gave me a few words of wisdom.在我上大学之前，父亲告诉我一些至理名言。 •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.一般的看法认为女性比男性更易动情，但依我的经验来看，事情往往不是这样。
['wɪz.dəm] noun uncountable
in his/her/their wisdom humorous
■something that you say when you do not understand why someone has done something stupid 以他／她／他们的智慧（用于表示不明白为甚么某人要做蠢事）•The council, in their wisdom, decided to close the library and now the building stands empty.委员会以他们的智慧决定关闭那所图书馆，于是现在那座大楼里空空如也。
['wɪz.dəm] noun uncountable
with the wisdom of hindsight
■with the knowledge that experience gives you 透过事后理智地回顾•With the wisdom of hindsight we now know that the old-fashioned aerosol sprays were a mistake.透过事后理智地回顾，我们现在知道生产那种旧式的喷雾剂是个错误。 |