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

• When are you going to wise up?
  什么时候你才能变得明理一些？
• 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？
• When are you gonna wise up and turn her loose?
  你什么时候才能变聪明点饶过她？
• 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。
• You'd better wise that young man up, he's helpeless!
  你最好让那个年轻人的头脑放清醒一点，他没治了！
• 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。
• In this cold wind you'd be wise to bundle up well.
  这么冷的风，你还是穿暖点好。
• 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
• Life demands that he wise up!
  生活要求它必须聪明起来。
• Thus, he becomes wise up.
  于是，他变得聪明起来。