ADJECTIVE | VERB + WISDOM | WISDOM + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, great, profound高度的智慧;大智慧;高深的知識▸➤accepted, common, conventional, folk, perceived, popular, prevailing, received, traditional普遍接受的觀點;普遍看法;傳統看法;民間智慧;公認的看法;廣為流傳的知識;流行的看法;大多數人的看法◇Conventional wisdom has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth.人們普遍認為,高油價對經濟增長不利。◇The received wisdom is that the book is always better than the film.人們普遍的看法是,小說總是比電影好看。➤practical實用知識➤homespun樸素智慧◇His journals are full of dubious pearls of homespun wisdom.他的日記中記下了許多樸素卻不可靠的箴言。➤worldly處世本領◇He is too lacking in worldly wisdom to be a politician.他對人情世故知之甚少,當不了政治家。➤accumulated, collective積累的/集體智慧◇the accumulated wisdom of generations幾代人積累的智慧➤ancient古老的智慧◇A bridge between ancient wisdom and modern insight is now being built.正在架設一座溝通古代智慧與現代見解的橋梁。➤innate, inner天生的/內在的智慧▸➤political政治智慧▸➤divine神靈的智慧VERB + WISDOM➤challenge, doubt, have doubts about, question挑戰是否明智;懷疑是否明智;質疑是否明智◇Many commentators doubted the political wisdom of introducing a new tax.許多評論家懷疑開徵一項新稅在政治上是否明智。➤accept相信智慧▸➤seek尋求智慧◇Those who seek wisdom at the shrine will find it.那些去聖地尋求智慧的人最終會如願以償。➤dispense, impart提供/傳授知識◇Do you have any wisdom to impart on this subject?你對此有何見教?➤prove證實明智◇The latest unemployment figures prove the wisdom of the government's policy.最新的失業統計數字證明了政府政策的明智。WISDOM + VERB➤dictate sth, have it that..., hold sth (especially NAmE) 明智的看法是⋯◇Popular wisdom dictates that a father is essential in raising a son.人們普遍認為,父親在撫養兒子的過程中至關重要。PREPOSITION➤according to... wisdom, contrary to... wisdom依照⋯看法;與⋯看法相反◇Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a bad thing.與傳統的看法相反,壓力並不是壞事。PHRASES➤a fount of wisdom (formalorhumorous) , a source of wisdom智慧的源泉◇Consultants are too often seen as the source of all wisdom.咨詢人員往往被看成是無所不知的智者。➤in sb's wisdom (ironic) 以某人的智慧◇In their infinite wisdom, they closed the swimming pool at the busiest time of year.他們自作聰明,在一年中生意最好的時候關閉了游泳池。➤pearls of wisdom (ironic) 真諦;至理名言◇students eager to catch pearls of wisdom from the professor's lips渴望從教授口中得到至理名言的學生➤wit and wisdom聰明才智◇He entertained the audience for two hours with his wit and wisdom.他憑自己的聰明才智讓觀眾開心了兩個小時。➤with the wisdom of hindsight憑事後聰明◇It's easy enough to see what we should have done, with the wisdom of hindsight.憑事後智慧,很容易看出我們當初應該做什麼。➤words of wisdom至理名言◇The former world champion imparted a few words of wisdom to the young runners.前世界冠軍送給年輕賽跑運動員幾句至理名言。