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overwise

/oh-ver-wahyz/US // ˈoʊ vərˈwaɪz //

聪明,聪明的,明智,明智地

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : excessively or unusually wise: overwise for a child of her age.

Examples

  • Foolish child, do not pray for wisdom in this overwise thin-faced time of ours.

  • He has just left the university, does not deem himself overwise, but believes he knows more than other people.

  • I am ashamed, O overwise counsellors, to hear you reason thus absurdly and citizen-like.

  • Believe me, you overwise men, with all your wisdom, never learn rightly to understand women.

  • Bella hath altogether too many of them, and her mother is not an overwise woman!