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。
• Hey! Wise up! It is definitely a trap!
  别傻了！这肯定是个陷阱。
• He will in no wise give up any chances to get a better job.
  他不会放弃任何机会以获得一份好工作。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• You can wise up on details by reading the newspaper.
  看报纸你就知道详情了。
• 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。
• 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？