the era privileged elegance and wit in its music above almost all other qualities, and haydn, despite his rustic origins, was hardly lacking in either.
这个时代所特有的高雅与智慧先于其他一切特质存在于音乐作品之中,尽管是出身乡村的海顿,也绝不缺少这些气质。
if man is inadvertently capable of heating the entire planet, surely it is not beyond his wit to cool it down as well?
如果人类在不经意中能够让整个星球变暖的话, 那么人类是不是肯定也同样有智慧给它降温?
you can dazzle members of the opposite * with your quick wit and aggressive charm.
你可以在异性面前炫耀自己过人的才智和独特的魅力。
i must say frankly that, although i found him most approachable, good-natured, and full of wit and humor, i could not take a real personal liking to the man.
「我必须坦率地说,尽管我发现他是那么的平易近人、和蔼可亲,那么的充满智慧和幽默,但我找不到一个人能够合他的意」。
clever wit and humor will help your speech stand out in a good way and keep everyone entertained.
聪明、才智以及幽默会让你的发言脱颖而出,并使每个人都露出会心的笑容。
it tells of his talents, knowledge, contacts, wit and urbanity, but it does not convince.
书中讲述了他的天赋、知识、社交、智慧和礼貌,但却不能令人信服。
bond accomplishes these feats by the power of his wit and more importantly through violence.
邦德能够实现这些壮举得益于他智慧的力量,更重要地,得益于暴力。
historically, it has not been pleasure or wit or beauty that has been associated with the experience of reading milton.
一直以来,人们阅读米尔顿作品的时候,感受到的都不是愉悦,机智,或者美好。
gives you a little sense of hobbes' spirit, his humor, the wry wit that becomes apparent on almost every page of this book, but you have to be a careful reader.
这体现了一部分霍布斯的精神,他的幽默感,他的诙谐风趣,而这些也明显体现在他的每一页书里,你们必须非常仔细地读。
wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
没有学识的机智,犹如没有果实的树。
he is just family charisma, not coupled with wit or competence.
他有的只是家族魅力,却不是智慧与能力。
at twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty, the judgment.
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。
everyone in my family is well educated, which is why simple dinner chit-chat usually segues into an exuberant discussion chock full of sarcasm, wit and the occasional clash of opinions.
我家中的每个人都受过良好的教育,所以在我们家,单纯的晚餐閑聊常常演变成充满讽刺、机智与偶尔的意见沖突的热烈讨论。