1·I'm older and wiser after ten years in the business.
在商界混了十年之后，我变得老成聪明了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·As in other walks of life, people become wiser and take precautions only when they have learned what happens when they don't.
正如在其他各行各业，只有当人们了解了不采取预防措施可能带来的后果时，他们才变得聪明。
3·But this is more a plea for wiser policymakers than a case against reducing rates.
但是，这对于聪明的政策制定者来说更像一个借口而不是减少利率理由。
4·Eight years later, the world is no safer or wiser and there seems no end to the troubles around the world.
八年以后，世界并没有更安全或者聪明，世界范围内的危机恐怕永无尽头。
5·Its heroine, Dominique, is a terminally bored 20-year-old with existentialist leanings, none the wiser than her predecessor, albeit with a charming (and distinctly French) sense of nonspecific doom.
女主角多米尼克20岁是一个颓废的存在主义倾向者，没比前本书里的主人公聪明多少，但这种平凡的命运又有一种(很法国的)迷人感。