wise
adjective uk/waɪz/ us/waɪz/
B2 approving明智的;英明的;聪明的
having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life
I think you made a wise choice. 我认为你作了一个明智的选择。
"I never drink more than three glasses of wine." "How wise." “我喝葡萄酒从未超过3杯。”“你真明智。”
Looking at the weather, I think we made a wise decision not to go to the coast this weekend. 看看天气，我觉得我们决定这周末不去海边是很明智的。
I think it would be wiser to wait and see how much money you have left before you make any decisions. 我认为弄清楚自己还剩多少钱再作决定要明智一些。
I never used to save money but now I'm a little older and wiser I can see the point of it. 我以前从不存钱，可现在年纪大了些，也更明智了，于是就能看出其中的意义。
Was it Thomas More who said that the wise man learns from the experience of others? 是托马斯‧莫尔说过聪明人会吸取别人的经验教训吗？
wise to somethinginformal 意识到，觉察（令人不愉快的实情）
understanding a dishonest situation or way of doing something
People are getting wise to the tricks politicians use in campaign advertisements. 人们逐渐意识到政客们在竞选宣传中使用的把戏。
- More examples
- The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
- You'd be wise to take a detour to avoid the roadworks.
- I didn't think it wise to proffer an opinion.
- I should have listened to my father's wise counsel, and saved some money instead of spending it all.
- You'd be wise to keep quiet.
Idioms
be none the wiseridiom （解释后）依然不明白
to still be confused about something even after it has been explained to you
I've read the instructions twice and I'm still none the wiser. 我已经读过两遍说明书了，可还是不明白。
to be wise after the eventidiom mainly UK 事后聪明很容易;放马后炮很容易
used to mean that it is easy to understand what you could have done to prevent something bad from happening after it has happened
In retrospect, we should have insisted on checking his calculations, but it's easy to be wise after the event. 回想起来，我们本该坚持检查他的计算结果，不过事后聪明倒是容易。