wisdom
noun /ˈwɪzdəm/
/ˈwɪzdəm/
[uncountable]Idioms - the ability to make sensible decisions and give good advice because of the experience and knowledge that you have
智慧；才智；精明 - She was known to be a woman of great wisdom.
众所周知，她是一个非常聪明的女人。 - Do you have any more words of wisdom for us?
您对我们还有别的忠告吗？ - He is too lacking in worldly wisdom to be a politician.
他对人情世故知之甚少，当不了政治家。
Topics Life stagesb2, Personal qualitiesb2- Consultants are too often seen as the source of all wisdom.
咨询人员往往被看成是无所不知的智者。 - Do you have any wisdom to impart on this subject?
你对此有何见教？ - He entertained the audience for two hours with his wit and wisdom.
他凭自己的聪明才智让观众开心了两个小时。 - The former world champion imparted a few words of wisdom to the young runners.
前世界冠军送给年轻赛跑运动员几句至理名言。 - Children need to feel that their parents are in control; they don't have the experience or wisdom to know best.
孩子需要感受到父母的掌控；他们没有最了解的经验和智慧。 - I was not quite so lacking in worldly wisdom as to accept this invitation from a complete stranger.
我不至于那么不通世事，接受一个完全是陌生人的邀请吧。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- profound
- …
- challenge
- doubt
- have doubts about
- …
- dictate something
- have it that…
- hold something
- …
- according to… wisdom
- contrary to… wisdom
- a fount of wisdom
- a source of wisdom
- in somebody’s wisdom
- …
- She was known to be a woman of great wisdom.
- wisdom of (doing) something how sensible something is
明智 - I question the wisdom of giving a child so much money.
我对给孩子这么多钱是否明智怀有疑问。
- It's easy enough to see what we should have done, with the wisdom of hindsight.
凭事后智慧，很容易看出我们当初应该做什么。 - The latest unemployment figures prove the wisdom of the government's policy.
最新的失业统计数字证明了政府政策的明智。 - Several people questioned the wisdom of building in that particular spot.
一些人对在那个地点建楼是否明智持怀疑态度。 - Many commentators doubted the political wisdom of introducing a new tax.
许多评论家怀疑开征一项新税在政治上是否明智。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- profound
- …
- challenge
- doubt
- have doubts about
- …
- dictate something
- have it that…
- hold something
- …
- according to… wisdom
- contrary to… wisdom
- a fount of wisdom
- a source of wisdom
- in somebody’s wisdom
- …
- I question the wisdom of giving a child so much money.
- the knowledge that a society or culture has gained over a long period of time
（社会或文化长期积累的）知识，学问 - the collective wisdom of the Native American people
美洲原住民的集体智慧
- You cannot just ignore the accumulated wisdom of a whole culture.
你不能忽视整个文化积累的智慧。 - Native American wisdom was passed on from generation to generation.
美洲土著的智慧代代相传。 - All the religions of the past contain vast amounts of wisdom that can be of service to mankind.
过去所有的宗教都包含了大量的智慧，可以为人类服务。 - the accumulated wisdom of generations
几代人积累的智慧 - We need to combine ancient wisdom and modern knowledge.
我们需要把古代智慧与现代知识融为一体。 - Those who seek wisdom at the shrine will find it.
那些去圣地寻求智慧的人最终会如愿以偿。 - They would go to the holy shrines to seek wisdom.
他们会去圣地寻求智慧。 - She devoted her life to the pursuit of wisdom.
她毕生钻研学问。 - The monks dedicate their lives to prayer and the pursuit of wisdom.
僧侣们把他们的生命献给祈祷和对智慧的追求。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- profound
- …
- challenge
- doubt
- have doubts about
- …
- dictate something
- have it that…
- hold something
- …
- according to… wisdom
- contrary to… wisdom
- a fount of wisdom
- a source of wisdom
- in somebody’s wisdom
- …
- the collective wisdom of the Native American people
词源Old English wīsdōm (see wise, -dom).
Idioms
conventional/received/popular wisdom
- the view or belief that most people hold
大多数人的看法；普遍信念 - Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.
人们普遍认为，只有城市里才发生暴乱。
- Conventional wisdom has it that all sense of community has gone, but that is not the case where I live.
人们普遍认为社区感已不复存在，但是我住的地方不同。 - The received wisdom is that the book is always better than the film.
人们普遍的看法是，小说总是比电影好看。 - Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a bad thing.
与传统的看法相反，压力并不是坏事。 - Popular wisdom has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth.
人们普遍认为油价上涨不利于经济增长。
- Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.
in his/her/its, etc. (infinite) wisdom
- used when you are saying that you do not understand why somebody has done something
（表示不理解他人的无知）以其（无限的）智慧 - The government in its wisdom has decided to support the ban.
政府竟愚蠢到决定支持这项禁令。
- In their infinite wisdom they have decided to close the main road during the holiday season.
凭着他们无限的智慧，他们决定在假期关闭主干道。 - In their infinite wisdom, the council closed the swimming pool for the school holidays.
市政委员会自作聪明，在学校放假期间关闭了游泳池。 - In their infinite wisdom, they closed the swimming pool at the busiest time of year.
他们自作聪明，在一年中生意最好的时候关闭了游泳池。
- The government in its wisdom has decided to support the ban.
a pearl of wisdom
- (usually ironic) a wise remark
睿智的语言；隽语；妙语 - Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.
谢谢你的金玉良言。
- students eager to catch pearls of wisdom from the professor's lips
渴望从教授口中得到至理名言的学生 - They would treat these pearls of wisdom with some scepticism.
他们会对这些智慧之珠持怀疑态度。 - His journals are full of dubious pearls of homespun wisdom.
他的日记中记下了许多朴素却不可靠的箴言。
- Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.