wit

to have a quick/sharp/dry/ready wit

才思敏捷；敏銳機(jī)智；假裝正經(jīng)的詼諧；頭腦機(jī)敏

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a woman of wit and intelligence

才思敏捷、聰穎的女子

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a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics

一本有關(guān)他30年政治生涯中才思與智慧的書

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a well-known wit and raconteur

一位聞名遐邇、妙語連珠的故事大王

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He needed all his wits to find his way out.

他需要絞盡腦汁找到出路。

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The game was a long battle of wits .

這場游戲是長時間的斗智。

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Kate paused and gathered her wits .

凱特停下來恢復(fù)一下理智。

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a chance to pit your wits against (= compete with, using your intelligence) our quiz champion

利用你的智慧同我們的知識競賽冠軍進(jìn)行較量的機(jī)會

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a quick-witted group of students

一群頭腦聰明的學(xué)生

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At least you had the wit to ask for help.

你起碼還能意識到要求救。

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It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute.

解決這一糾紛應(yīng)當(dāng)是人力所能及的事。

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Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.

飛行員的失誤，即沒有遵守操作程序，是事故的原因。

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Boulding was known for his biting wit...

博爾丁愛說尖酸的俏皮話是出了名的。

They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.

他們喜歡她務(wù)實的人生態(tài)度、她的熱情和幽默。

Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.

福爾摩斯愛交際,非常風(fēng)趣，興趣廣泛。

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

資料就擺在那兒，等著有頭腦的人去利用。

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

她憑借個人才智升到了今天的職位。

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。

...a huge bass drum which frightened the wits out of the organist each time it was banged.

每次敲起來都讓風(fēng)琴師驚慌失措的巨型低音鼓

Travellers need to keep their wits about them.

旅行者需要隨機(jī)應(yīng)變。

We row a lot and we never have time on our own. I'm at my wit's end.

我們經(jīng)常爭吵，從無在一起的時間，我真是沒有辦法了。

He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning.

他不得不與一個冷靜、聰明而又狡猾的對手斗智。

He'd like 'happiness' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit 'Major affective disorder, pleasant type'.

他想給“幸?！币粋€更為科學(xué)的新稱謂，準(zhǔn)確地說即“愉悅型重度情感障礙”。

Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.

寧做聰明的傻子,不做愚蠢的聰明人.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Boys gravitate towards girls at that age.

男孩們被大門口的女孩們吸引了.

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