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 you gonna wise up and turn her loose?
  你什么时候才能变聪明点饶过她？
• 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 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。
• I can wise the rabbit up with.
  我会去告诉那只兔子的。
• Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
  智慧人积存知识。愚妄人的口速致败坏。
• 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。
• Thus, he becomes wise up.
  于是，他变得聪明起来。
• Life demands that he wise up!
  生活要求它必须聪明起来。
• 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。