to wit

釋義

1. 也就是說；即

   you use to wit when you are about to be more exact about sth that you have just referred to

   Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.飛行員的失誤，即沒有遵守操作程式，是事故的原因。

電影裡這樣說 · 78 部

• Caustic wit is my religion.Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• You dim-witted, brainless jackass.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
• A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit.Twelfth Night2012
• the wit of Shakespeare...Bohemian Rhapsody2018
• Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.Downton Abbey2019
• Like the French Sly witThe Transporter2002
• that the power of Hell may not turn your wits?The Crucible2014
• - Dean Witter. - Yes, hi.The Pursuit of Happyness2006

在完整場景裡學

• 你能原諒我嗎？2018
  • 酒吧裡被舊識搭訕：a dead giveaway（一眼就露餡的破綻）
  • 賣信要現金，求預支被拒：play the game（按圈裡的規矩來）
  • 酒吧裡被追問秘密：Spill the beans（把秘密說出來）
• 利刃出鞘：抽絲剝繭2022
  • 眾人破解木盒邀請：no filter（不過濾）
  • 登島赴宴排場十足：the odd man out（格格不入的那個）
  • 晚宴上安迪當眾拆臺：shake things up（攪動局面）
• 第十二夜2012
  • 公爵聽曲犯相思：dying fall（漸弱的收尾）
  • 女扮男裝去侍奉公爵：word for word（一字不差）
  • 吹牛跳舞又催去求愛：cut a caper（蹦跳一步）

同一詞條的短語

• be at your wits' end
• be frightened out of your wits
• have your wits about you
• live by your wits