wise
要点賢い、博識な
意味
- (人・行為などが)賢い,賢明な,思慮分別のある
- 博識な,学識豊かな;事情に詳しい,物事が分かっている
- 《俗》生意気な
- …を気づかせる,…に教える《+up+名,+名+up》
- (…に)気づく,(…を)知る《+up to+名》
- やり方(way),方法,流儀(manner)
例文
It was very wise of her to choose the other one.
もう一つの方を選ぶとは、彼女はとても賢明でした。
He thought it would be wise to accept the offer.
彼は申し出を受諾することが賢明だと考えた。
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
知らないほうが幸せな場合には、知ることは愚である。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English wys, wyse, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“knowledgeable, wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing; knowledge”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wiis (“wise”), Dutch wijs (“wise”), German weis, weise (“wise”), Low German wies (“wise; clever”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vis (“wise”), Icelandic vís (“wise; certain”), Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*weis, “wise”); also Irish fios (“knowledge; information”), Manx fys (“knowledge; information”), Scottish Gaelic fhios, fios (“knowledge; information”), Welsh gwys, gwŷs (“citation, summons”), Latin videō (“to look, perceive, see; to note, observe; to co…