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

• 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。
• I can wise the rabbit up with.
  我会去告诉那只兔子的。
• 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
• 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。
• Therefore, architects should wise up the relations and pursue the right innovative direction in choosing the object.
  使建筑师在纷繁复杂的客体选择过程中，能够理清各种关系，追寻正确的创新方向。
• 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 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。
• In this cold wind, you'd be wise to bundle up well. Sit by the radiator and get warm.
  在这种寒风中，你最好穿得暖暖和和的。坐在暖气旁边，暖和暖和。
• 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！