wise up

英 [waɪz ʌp]

美 [waɪz ʌp]

意识到; 觉察到; 开始对…采取适当行动

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 意识到;觉察到;开始对…采取适当行动
  If someonewises upto a situation or state of affairs, they become aware of it and take appropriate action.
  1. Some insurers have wised up to the fact that their clients were getting very cheap insurance...
     一些保险公司已经意识到其客户所得到的保险金非常少。
  2. It's time to wise up and tell those around you that enough is enough.
     现在该觉醒了，告诉你周围的人要适可而止。

英英释义

verb

• get wise to
  1. They wised up to it
• cause someone to become aware of something

双语例句

• We citizens need to wise up and "alter or abolish" our federal government by any means necessary.
  我们公民需要明智起来采取任何必要的措施“改变或废除”我们的联邦政府。
• It would be wise to give up now and try again later.
  最好是现在暂且放弃，以后再试。
• When are they going to wise up to the fact that people aren't interested?
  他们要到什么时候才能明白没人感兴趣呢？
• It is wise to warm up before an athletic event.
  体育赛事之前做热身运动是明智的。
• The later part of a wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions he had contracted in the former.& Jonathan Swift
  一个明智的后半生，是用于矫正在前半生所习染的愚蠢、偏见及谬误的见解。&斯威夫特
• Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
  智慧人积存知识。愚妄人的口速致败坏。
• In this cold wind you'd be wise to bundle up well.
  这么冷的风，你还是穿暖点好。
• Therefore, it is not wise to give up money supply as the intermediate target of monetary policy in recent years.
  因此，目前还不宜放弃货币供应量作为货币政策的中介指标。
• C.It was not wise for Andrew to give up his job.
  安德鲁放弃那份工作是不明智的。
• In the financial sector this is wise, up to a point.
  在一定程度上，这种做法对金融业而言是明智的。