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You can picture wise as the quality of someone who has seen a lot of life and therefore judges well: when a choice is wise, it is the one a person of good sense and long experience would make. The whole word circles around 'good judgement built on knowing' — knowing how things really work, and acting on that knowing.
可以想成「看得多、想得清，因此判斷得好」。一個人或一個做法之所以 wise，是因為背後有見識和經驗在撐著——他知道事…更多收起
可以想成「看得多、想得清，因此判斷得好」。一個人或一個做法之所以 wise，是因為背後有見識和經驗在撐著——他知道事情大概會怎麼發展，所以選了最合理的那條路。整個字都圍著「憑著真正的了解去判斷」這個畫面打轉：先有 know（看清、明白），才談得上 wise。原始詞典資料17 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Wisename/waɪz/
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A surname.
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A township in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States.
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A town, the county seat of Wise County, Virginia, United States.
wiseadj詞源 1/waɪz/
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Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- 2
Disrespectful.
- Don't get wise with me!
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Aware, informed (to something).
- Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
wiseverb詞源 1/waɪz/
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To become wise.
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slangUsually with "up", to inform or learn.
- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
wisenoun詞源 2/waɪz/
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archaicWay, manner, or method.
- In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox.
- Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
wiseverb詞源 3/waɪz/
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dialectalTo instruct.
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dialectalTo advise; induce.
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dialectalTo show the way, guide.
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dialectalTo direct the course of, pilot.
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dialectalTo cause to turn.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。