better judgment

language: zh

definitions

  1. The capacity to make wise, sensible, or prudent decisions based on experience, reason, and logic.
    zh: 明智的判断
  2. The sense of what is right or prudent, typically used in the phrase 'against one's better judgment' to describe acting contrary to wisdom.
    zh: 违背理智

examples

  1. She relied on her better judgment to avoid the dangerous shortcut.

    她依靠明智的判断避开了危险的捷径。

  2. Against my better judgment, I decided to lend him the money.

    违背我的理智，我决定把钱借给他。