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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Hey! Wise up! It is definitely a trap!
  别傻了！这肯定是个陷阱。
• 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。
• You had better wise up, tell me where the money is.
  你最好放聪明一点，告诉我钱放在哪里。
• If he gets wise to what you are up to, he is sure to be angry.
  假使他知道了你想干什么“一定”“会”生气的。
• Everyday you are changing also, At the moment you are older than last second., but you should never regret for your past, it is a wise thought and action which sum up past and handle the present.
  每天你也在变，此刻的你比上一秒又老了一点，但永远不要为过去后悔，总结过去抓住此刻才是明智之举。
• It didn't take him long to wise up t what was going on there.
  没有多久，他就看清了那儿到底在搞些什么名堂。
• 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。