wit

/wɪt/ 名词 B2

中文：机智、才智、理智

Sanity. (countable, uncountable) · He's gone completely out of his wits.
The senses. (countable, uncountable) · Keep your wits about you.
Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. (countable, uncountable) · Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.
The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints. (countable, uncountable) · My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.
Intelligence; common sense. (countable, uncountable) · The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!
Humour, especially when clever or quick. (countable, uncountable) · The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.
A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty. (countable, uncountable) · Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?

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I’ve had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile.

That left me an orphan and folks were at their wits’ end, so Mrs.

Thomas was at _her_ wits’ end, so she said, what to do with me.

You’ve got to keep your wits about you in cooking and not stop in the middle of things to let your thoughts rove all over creation.

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