wits

1. N-UNCOUNT （说话的）风趣，机智，巧妙
   Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.
   1. Boulding was known for his biting wit...
      博尔丁爱说尖酸的俏皮话是出了名的。
   2. 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。
2. N-COUNT 风趣的人;机智的人
   If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.
   1. 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。
3. N-SING 头脑；智慧
   If you say that someone has the wit to do something, you mean that they have the intelligence and understanding to make the right decision or take the right action in a particular situation.
   1. 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。
4. N-PLURAL 机智
   You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits .
   1. 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。
5. N-PLURAL 把…吓得魂不附体
   You can use wits in expressions such as frighten someone out of their wits and scare the wits out of someone to emphasize that a person or thing worries or frightens someone very much.
   1. 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。
   2. ...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
6. PHRASE 时刻保持警惕;随机应变
   If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation.
   1. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
      旅行者需要随机应变。
7. PHRASE 智穷才尽;黔驴技穷;无计可施
   If you say that you are at your wits' end, you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next.
   1. 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。
8. PHRASE 与…斗智;与…比学问
   If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.
   1. 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。
9. PHRASE （用于更准确地描述）亦即，也就是
   To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely.
   1. 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”。
10. battle of wits → see: battle

1. With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish.
   下国际象棋从头到尾都是在比拼智慧。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
   旅行者需要随机应变。
5. 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。
6. Never take me to a horror film again. I was scared out of my wits.
   以后再也不要带我去看恐怖电影，我简直被吓得魂不附体。
7. He was at his wits 'end, having worked a year for nothing.
   他哭不得笑不得，一年的气力白费了。
8. Debates sharpen one's wits.
   辩论增长才智。
9. It was a battle of wits, with Sandra holding all the aces.
   那是一场智斗，桑德拉占尽了上风。
10. Have your wits about you when you're driving.
    开车时应保持头脑清醒。
11. A mouse scared her out of her wits.
    一只老鼠把她吓得魂不附体。
12. Great wits will jump together.
    智者所见略同。
13. Colonel Cathcart lived by his wits in an unstable world.
    卡思卡特上校凭着自己的聪明才智生活在一个动荡不定的社会里。
14. They were frightened out of their wits by our struggle.
    我们的斗争使他们吓破了胆。
15. I was frightened out of my wits.
    我被吓得都没魂了。
16. You terrified me out of my wits.
    你吓的我连魂都没了。
17. I only need half my wits to be a match for you.
    我只需用我一半的智慧就可以与你比肩。
18. Just about anything can be turned into a gripping test of wits or stamina.
    任何节目都可能演变为对人们智慧和耐力的吸引人的考验。
19. Left pit his wits and will against nature's fury.
    只能用他的智慧和意志去对抗大自然的狂暴。
20. Bill and I had teamed together a long time, living more or less by our wits.
    比尔和我已经搭挡了很长时间，多多少少是凭着我们的机灵过活的。
21. Her quick wits saved the boy's life.
    她靠急智救了那男孩一命。
22. If you must know, I'm keeping quiet because I was scared out of my wits!
    如果你一定要知道，我不想说因为我被吓死了。
23. She's learned to survive on her keen wits and intellect.
    她已经学会了依靠她敏锐的头脑与智力生存。
24. Oh, I have lost all my wits. I have none left.
    哎，我所有的智慧都丢了，一分也不剩了！
25. This beer has gone flat. They were at their wits 'end.
    这啤酒已经走汽了。他们已经走投无路了。
26. The air of Paris had exhilarated her and sharpened her wits.
    巴黎的空气振奋了她，磨利了她的心智。
27. We don't know who to trust and we're at our wits end.
    我们不知道是谁给的信任和我们正处在我们束手无策。
28. But with cunning and wits, you can penetrate his defenses and claim victory for yourself.
    但与狡诈，斗智斗勇，您可以穿透他的防御和索赔的胜利为自己。
29. I am frightened out of my wits!
    我的魂都被吓飞了！
30. By the time I had collected my wits, he was dead.
    到我回过神来时他已经死了。

noun

1. the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
   1. he used his wits to get ahead
   2. I was scared out of my wits
   3. he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind

   Synonym:    marbles