Word · Frequency #20462
unwisely
不明智地；愚笨地
without good sense or judgment
- 1.
In an unwise manner; foolishly.
不明智地；愚蠢地。
不明智地；愚蠢地。
In use
She unwisely spent all her savings on a lottery ticket.
He unwisely decided to drive home after drinking.
They unwisely ignored the storm warning and went sailing.
unwisely + verb
修饰谓语动词时，unwisely 常放在动词前，也可放在助动词与主要动词之间。
He unwisely agreed to the risky plan.
他不明智地同意了那个冒险计划。
verb + unwisely
当被修饰的动词是单个实义动词时，unwisely 也可直接放在动词后。
She chose her friends unwisely.
她选择朋友不明智。
Unwisely, + clause
unwisely 放在句首并加逗号时，用来评论整个句子的内容，相当于“他们这样做不明智”。
Unwisely, they decided to drive home in the storm.
不明智的是，他们决定在暴风雨中开车回家。
Common mistakes
He made an unwisely decision.He made an unwise decision.
decision 是名词，需要用形容词 unwise 修饰；unwisely 是副词，只能修饰动词、形容词或其他副词。
It is unwisely to spend all your money.It is unwise to spend all your money.
be 动词后接主语补足语，说明主语的性质，要用形容词 unwise；unwisely 是副词，不能作表语。
He spent unwisely all the money.He spent all the money unwisely.
方式副词通常放在及物动词的宾语之后，而不是动词和宾语之间；因此应说 spent all the money unwisely。
Connections
Collocations
- act unwisely
- 行事不明智
- She acted unwisely in the meeting by revealing the confidential plan.她在会上透露了机密计划，行事不明智。
- spend unwisely
- 花钱不明智
- He spent his savings unwisely on lottery tickets.他把积蓄不明智地花在了彩票上。
- invest unwisely
- 投资不明智
- They invested unwisely in a failing company.他们不明智地投资了一家濒临倒闭的公司。
- speak unwisely
- 说话不明智
- He spoke unwisely when he criticized the boss in public.他在公开场合批评老板，说话不明智。
- choose unwisely
- 选择不明智
- She chose unwisely when picking her business partner.她选择商业伙伴时不明智。
- decide unwisely
Learner notes
Memory Tip
un- 像“不”的记号，wisely 是“明智地”，合起来就是“不明智地”。联想智者摇头，因为做了蠢事。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：academic writing、news reporting、casual speech 该词是中性偏正式的表达，通常见于书面语或正式讨论，也可在口语中使用，但语气比随意口语稍显严肃。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 unwisely 真正押韵的是 wisely /ˈwaɪzli/；wise 和 advise 共享 /waɪz/ 音，但缺词尾 /li/。otherwise 含 wise 拼写但重音不同，不算押韵。precise、advice 分别以 -ise/-ice 结尾，但读 /saɪs/（/s/ 音），与 /waɪz/ 中的 /z/ 不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.