wit

to have a quick/sharp/dry/ready wit

才思敏捷；敏锐机智；假装正经的诙谐；头脑机敏

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a woman of wit and intelligence

才思敏捷、聪颖的女子

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

一本有关他30年政治生涯中才思与智慧的书

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a well-known wit and raconteur

一位闻名遐迩、妙语连珠的故事大王

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He needed all his wits to find his way out.

他需要绞尽脑汁找到出路。

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The game was a long battle of wits .

这场游戏是长时间的斗智。

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Kate paused and gathered her wits .

凯特停下来恢复一下理智。

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

利用你的智慧同我们的知识竞赛冠军进行较量的机会

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a quick-witted group of students

一群头脑聪明的学生

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At least you had the wit to ask for help.

你起码还能意识到要求救。

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

解决这一纠纷应当是人力所能及的事。

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

飞行员的失误，即没有遵守操作程序，是事故的原因。

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Boulding was known for his biting wit...

博尔丁爱说尖酸的俏皮话是出了名的。

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

他们喜欢她务实的人生态度、她的热情和幽默。

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

福尔摩斯爱交际,非常风趣，兴趣广泛。

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

资料就摆在那儿，等着有头脑的人去利用。

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

她凭借个人才智升到了今天的职位。

You scared us out of our wits. We heard you had an accident.

你把我们吓坏了，我们听说你出事了。

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

每次敲起来都让风琴师惊慌失措的巨型低音鼓

Travellers need to keep their wits about them.

旅行者需要随机应变。

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

我们经常争吵，从无在一起的时间，我真是没有办法了。

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

他不得不与一个冷静、聪明而又狡猾的对手斗智。

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

他想给“幸福”一个更为科学的新称谓，准确地说即“愉悦型重度情感障碍”。

Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.

宁做聪明的傻子,不做愚蠢的聪明人.

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Boys gravitate towards girls at that age.

男孩们被大门口的女孩们吸引了.

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