英语词汇“wisdom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wisdom

(wɪzdəm )

Word forms: wisdoms

1. uncountable noun B2

Wisdom is the ability to use your experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions or judgments.

...the patience and wisdom that comes from old age.

...a great man, who spoke words of great wisdom.

2. variable noun B2

Wisdom is the store of knowledge that a society or culture has collected over a long period of time.

...a folksy piece of wisdom.

...this church's original Semitic wisdom, religion and faith.

...a simpler and more humane approach, based on ancient wisdoms and 'natural' mechanisms.

Synonyms: knowledge, learning, philosophy, scholarship

3. singular noun B2

If you talk about the wisdom of a particular decision or action, you are talking about how sensible it is.

Many Lithuanians have expressed doubts about the wisdom of the decision. [+ of]

Synonyms: prudence, reason, sense, intelligence

4. variable noun

You can use wisdom to refer to ideas that are accepted by a large number of people.

Health education wisdom in the U.K. differs from that of the United States.

Unchallenged wisdoms flow swiftly among the middle classes.

conventional wisdom phrase

The conventional wisdom about something is the generally accepted view of it.

...the conventional wisdom that soccer is a minor sport in America.

Quotations:

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingersAlfred, Lord TennysonLocksley Hall

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best meansFrancis HutchesonInquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlookWilliam JamesPrinciples of Psychology

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them soLord Chesterfield

wise enough to play the foolWilliam ShakespeareTwelfth Night

The price of wisdom is above rubies Bible: Job

Some folks are wise, and some are otherwiseTobias SmollettRoderick Random

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Bible: Job

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding Bible: Proverbs

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listenOliver Wendell HolmesThe Poet at the Breakfast-Table

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs

Idioms:

pearls of wisdom

something that sounds very wise or helpful. People usually use this expression ironically, to suggest that in fact they think the person is saying something very obvious or boring.

I'm sure we're all very grateful for the pearls of wisdom that fall from Mr. Greenberg's lips.

Collocations:

accepted wisdom

For decades, the accepted wisdom was that resources can be more of a curse than a blessing.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

The danger for the government is that the opposition's narrative becomes the accepted wisdom.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

This may seem no more than common sense, but today it is not the accepted wisdom.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Translations:

Chinese: 智慧

Japanese: 賢明

单词	wisdom
释义	wisdom (wɪzdəm ) Word forms: wisdoms 1. uncountable noun B2 Wisdom is the ability to use your experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions or judgments. ...the patience and wisdom that comes from old age. ...a great man, who spoke words of great wisdom. 2. variable noun B2 Wisdom is the store of knowledge that a society or culture has collected over a long period of time. ...a folksy piece of wisdom. ...this church's original Semitic wisdom, religion and faith. ...a simpler and more humane approach, based on ancient wisdoms and 'natural' mechanisms. Synonyms: knowledge, learning, philosophy, scholarship 3. singular noun B2 If you talk about the wisdom of a particular decision or action, you are talking about how sensible it is. Many Lithuanians have expressed doubts about the wisdom of the decision. [+ of] Synonyms: prudence, reason, sense, intelligence 4. variable noun You can use wisdom to refer to ideas that are accepted by a large number of people. Health education wisdom in the U.K. differs from that of the United States. Unchallenged wisdoms flow swiftly among the middle classes. conventional wisdom phrase The conventional wisdom about something is the generally accepted view of it. ...the conventional wisdom that soccer is a minor sport in America. Quotations: Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingersAlfred, Lord TennysonLocksley Hall Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best meansFrancis HutchesonInquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlookWilliam JamesPrinciples of Psychology Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them soLord Chesterfield wise enough to play the foolWilliam ShakespeareTwelfth Night The price of wisdom is above rubies Bible: Job Some folks are wise, and some are otherwiseTobias SmollettRoderick Random But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Bible: Job Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding Bible: Proverbs It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listenOliver Wendell HolmesThe Poet at the Breakfast-Table Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs Idioms: pearls of wisdom something that sounds very wise or helpful. People usually use this expression ironically, to suggest that in fact they think the person is saying something very obvious or boring. I'm sure we're all very grateful for the pearls of wisdom that fall from Mr. Greenberg's lips. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: accepted wisdom For decades, the accepted wisdom was that resources can be more of a curse than a blessing. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The danger for the government is that the opposition's narrative becomes the accepted wisdom. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This may seem no more than common sense, but today it is not the accepted wisdom. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 智慧 Japanese: 賢明
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