wit是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 智力, 才智，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That is where the rare plants and the butterflies are, if you have the wit to reach them.'
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In fact, Nastasia Philipovna's beauty became a thing known to all the town; but not a single man could boast of anything more than his own admiration for her; and this reputation of hers, and her wit and culture and grace, all confirmed Totski in the plan he had now prepared.
-- It never struck him that all this refined simplicity and nobility and wit and personal dignity might possibly be no more than an exquisite artistic polish.
-- The prince nearly always pretended to be amused, whether he were so actually or no; but often enough he laughed sincerely, delighted by the bril-liancy of her wit when she was carried away by her narrative, as she very often was.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Will not the Achaeans mock at us and say that we have sent one to champion us who is fair to see but who has neither wit nor courage?
-- When two men are together, one of them may see some opportunity which the other has not caught sight of; if a man is alone he is less full of resource, and his wit is weaker.'
-- My father chose a herd of cattle and a great flock of sheep three hundred in all and he took their shepherds with him, for there was a great debt due to him in Elis, to wit four horses, winners of prizes.
-- When the sun's rays began to fall upon the earth we joined battle, praying to Jove and to Mi-nerva, and when the fight had begun, I was the first to kill my man and take his horses to wit the warrior Mulius.
-- Then the son of Peleus brought in a spear and a caul-dron that had never been on the fire; it was worth an ox, and was chased with a pattern of flowers; and those that throw the javelin stood up to wit the son of Atreus, king of men Agamemnon, and Meriones, stalwart squire of Idomeneus.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- By Heaven, he is a man to fear!Beyond this; it might have restored her wit to my lady your mother might, under the pressing little suspicion your wisdom has recognised, have persuaded her at last to announce, covertly, in the journals, that the difficulties of a certain contract would be removed by the appearance of a certain important party to it.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I declare, it really seems like being a fine young lady, to come home from the party in a carriage and sit in my dress-ing gown wit a maid to wait on me,' said Meg, as Jo bound up her foot with arnica and brushed her hair.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his com-posure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long.
-- The idea soon reached to conviction, as she observed his increasing ci-vilities toward herself, and heard his frequent attempt at a compliment on her wit and vivacity; and though more as-tonished than gratified herself by this effect of her charms, it was not long before her mother gave her to understand that the probability of their marriage was extremely agreeable to HER.
-- You will find her manners beyond anything I can describe; and your wit and vivacity, I think, must be accept-able to her, especially when tempered with the silence and respect which her rank will inevitably excite.
-- Never had his wit been directed in a manner so little agreeable to her.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man,' or 'making a conquest,' are the most odious of all.
-- Their attention and wit were drawn off to his more fortunate rival; and the raillery which the other had incurred before any partiality arose, was removed when his feelings began really to call for the ridicule so justly annexed to sensibility.
-- This was quite a new idea to Mrs. Dashwood; she had never been used to find wit in the inattention of any one, and could not help looking with surprise at them both.
-- Fanny, rejoicing in her escape, and proud of the ready wit that had procured it, wrote the next morning to Lucy, to request her company and her sister's, for some days, in Harley Street, as soon as Lady Middleton could spare them.
-- He was recalled from wit to wisdom, not by any reproof of hers, but by his own sensibility.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He began to "size up" Drouet from the standpoints of wit and fascination.
-- Now a critic called to get up one of those tinsel interviews which shine with clever observations, show up the wit of critics, display the folly of celebrities, and divert the public.
-- It was all sullen endurance, unlightened by either wit or good fellowship.
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