1. （說話的）風(fēng)趣，機(jī)智，巧妙
    Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way.

    e.g. Boulding was known for his biting wit...
           博爾丁愛說尖酸的俏皮話是出了名的。
    e.g. They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit.
           他們喜歡她務(wù)實(shí)的人生態(tài)度、她的熱情和幽默。

2. 風(fēng)趣的人;機(jī)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.

wit的反義詞

    e.g. 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。

3. 頭腦；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.

    e.g. 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。

4. 機(jī)智
    You can refer to your ability to think quickly and cleverly in a difficult situation as your wits .

    e.g. She has used her wits to progress to the position she holds today.
           她憑借個(gè)人才智升到了今天的職位。

5. 把…嚇得魂不附體
    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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...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

6. 時(shí)刻保持警惕;隨機(jī)應(yīng)變
    If you have your wits about you or keep your wits about you, you are alert and ready to act in a difficult situation.

    e.g. Travellers need to keep their wits about them.
           旅行者需要隨機(jī)應(yīng)變。

7. 智窮才盡;黔驢技窮;無計(jì)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.

    e.g. 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(shí)間，我真是沒有辦法了。

8. 與…斗智;與…比學(xué)問
    If you pit your wits against someone, you compete against them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.

wit的近義詞

    e.g. He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever and cunning.
           他不得不與一個(gè)冷靜、聰明而又狡猾的對手斗智。

9. （用于更準(zhǔn)確地描述）亦即，也就是
    To wit is used to indicate that you are about to state or describe something more precisely.

    e.g. 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€(gè)更為科學(xué)的新稱謂，準(zhǔn)確地說即“愉悅型重度情感障礙”。

10. battle of wits -> see battle