wisdom
美音:
[´wızdəm
]英音:
[´wızdəm
]n.智慧,明智的行为,学识,名言,贤人,至理名言
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wisdom
/'wɪzdəm; `wɪzdəm/
n [U]
1 (a) experience and knowledge (shown in making decisions and judgements); quality of being wise (在做决定或判断时表现出的)经验和知识; 智慧
*She had acquired much wisdom during her long life. 她经年累月造就了很高的智慧.
(b) good judgement; advisability; common sense 正确的判断; 明智; 常识
*I question the wisdom of giving the child so much money. 我怀疑给这个孩子这么多钱是好事还是坏事.
* Events were to prove the wisdom of their decision. 这些事情都可证明他们的决定是正确的.
2 (fml 文) wise thoughts, sayings, etc 有见识的想法、说法等
*the wisdom of the ancients 古人的至理名言
* the conventional/ received wisdom, ie the generally accepted view 公认的看法.
3 (idm 习语) wit and wisdom => wit.
wisdom
n[U][
Language: Old English;Origin: wis;
WISE1]
good sense and judgment, based especially on your experience of life
a man of great wisdomquestion/doubt the wisdom of (doing) sth Local people are questioning the wisdom of spending so much money on a new road. You can always expect a few words of wisdom from Dave.→
pearls of wisdomatpearlknowledge gained over a long period of time through learning or experience
the collected wisdom of many centuries(the) conventional/received/traditional etc wisdoma belief or opinion that most people have
The conventional wisdom is that boys mature more slowly than girls.in sb's (infinite) wisdomhumorous used to say that you do not understand why someone has decided to do something
The boss, in her infinite wisdom, has decided to reorganize the whole office yet again.
1. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks----those purchasable wells of wisdom----what would civilization be like without its benefits? 教育,以其教学周期如此精心地安排,并以教科书 -- 那些可以买到的智慧源泉 -- 予以强化,如果不受其惠,文明将会是个什么样子呢?
2. But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. 但是赞成宽泛教育的最重要的理由是, 在学习世世代代积累起来的知识的同时,我们也提高了自己的道德感。
3. But the wisdom of that policy has been questioned as the amount of violence encountered by the police has grown. 但是随着警察遭遇的暴力事件逐渐增多,人们对这一做法是否明智提出了疑问。
4. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. 胸中有知识,胜于手中有金钱。
5. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it . 为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。
6. Since he and his kind are the only representatives of decency comblined with wisdom. 既然他和象他那样的人是正派兼聪慧的唯一化身,
7. Philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. 哲学家靠卖智慧为生,牧师靠卖精神安慰为生。
8. Let us consider the wisdom of following his advice. 让我们考虑按他的意见做是否明智。
9. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. 同样确实的还有, 我们在了解他人的各种各样的智慧时,自己也学会了如何去思考。
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