释义
🔑 sense BrE /sens / NAmE /sens / noun ➤ sight /hearing , etc . 视觉、听觉等 🔑 [ C ] one of the five powers (sight , hearing , smell , taste and touch ) that your body uses to get information about the world around you ◆ the five senses ◆ Dogs have a keen (= strong sense of smell . ◆ the sense organs (= eyes , ears , nose , etc . ◆ I could hardly believe the evidence of my own senses (= what I could see , hear , etc . . ◆ The mixture of sights , smells and sounds around her made her senses reel . ➡ see also sixth sense ➤ feeling 感觉 🔑 [ C ] a feeling about sth important ◆ He felt an overwhelming sense of loss . ◆ a strong sense of purpose /identity /duty , etc . ◆ Helmets can give cyclists a false sense of security . ◆ I had the sense that he was worried about something . ➤ understanding /judgement 理解；判断 🔑 [ sing. ] an understanding about sth ; an ability to judge sth ◆ One of the most important things in a partner is a sense of humour (= the ability to find things funny or make people laugh . ◆ He has a very good sense of direction (= finds the way to a place easily . ◆ She has lost all sense of direction in her life . ◆ Always try to keep a sense of proportion (= of the relative importance of different things . ◆ a sense of rhythm /timing ◆ Alex doesn't have any dress sense (= does not know which clothes look attractive . ➡ see also road sense 🔑 [ U ] good understanding and judgement ; knowledge of what is sensible or practical behaviour ◆ You should have the sense to take advice when it is offered . ◆ There's no sense in (= it is not sensible worrying about it now . ◆ Can't you talk sense (= say sth sensible ? ◆ There's a lot of sense in what Mary says . ➡ see also common sense , good sense ➤ normal state of mind 正常的精神状态 senses [ pl. ] a normal state of mind ; the ability to think clearly ◆ If she threatens to leave , it should bring him to his senses . ◆ He waited for Dora to come to her senses and return . ◆ (old-fashioned Are you out of your senses ? You'll be killed ! ◆ (old-fashioned Why does she want to marry him ? She must have taken leave of her senses . ➤ meaning 意义 🔑 [ C ] the meaning that a word or phrase has ; a way of understanding sth ◆ The word 'love' is used in different senses by different people . ◆ education in its broadest sense ◆ He was a true friend , in every sense of the word (= in every possible way . ◆ In a sense (= in one way it doesn't matter any more . ◆ In some senses (= in one or more ways the criticisms were justified . ◆ (formal In no sense can the issue be said to be resolved . ◆ There is a sense in which we are all to blame for the tragedy . sensible / sensitive Sensible and sensitive are connected with two different meanings of sense. * sensible 和 sensitive 与 sense 的两个不同含义相联系。
Sensible refers to your ability to make good judgements. * sensible 涉及判断 ： ◆ She gave me some very sensible advice. 她给了我一些非常合理的建议。 ◆ It wasn't very sensible to go out on your own so late at night. 这么晚一个人单独外出是不太明智的。 Sensitive refers to how easily you react to things and how much you are aware of things or other people. * sensitive 涉及反应和洞察力 ： ◆ a soap for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤用的肥皂 ◆ This movie may upset a sensitive child. 这部影片可能使敏感的孩子感到难过。 ● knock /talk some ˈsense into sb to try and persuade sb to stop behaving in a stupid way , sometimes using rough or violent methods ● make ˈsense 🔑 to have a meaning that you can easily understand ◆ This sentence doesn't make sense . 🔑 to be a sensible thing to do ◆ It makes sense to buy the most up -to -date version . ◆ There are strict medicals for pilots , which makes good sense .🔑 to be easy to understand or explain ◆ John wasn't making much sense on the phone . ◆ Who would send me all these flowers ? It makes no sense . ● make ˈsense of sth to understand sth that is difficult or has no clear meaning ● see ˈsense to start to be sensible or reasonable ● a sense of ocˈcasion a feeling or understanding that an event is important or special ◆ Candles on the table gave the evening a sense of occasion . ● take ˌleave of your ˈsenses (old-fashioned to start behaving as if you are crazy 🔑 sense BrE /sens / NAmE /sens / verb present simple - I / you / we / they sense BrE /sens / NAmE /sens / present simple - he / she / it senses BrE /ˈsensɪz / NAmE /ˈsensɪz / past simple sensed BrE /senst / NAmE /senst / past participle sensed BrE /senst / NAmE /senst / past simple sensing BrE /ˈsensɪŋ / NAmE /ˈsensɪŋ / past participle sensing BrE /ˈsensɪŋ / NAmE /ˈsensɪŋ / (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ➤ become aware 感觉 to become aware of sth even though you cannot see it , hear it , etc . ◆ ~ sth Sensing danger , they started to run . ◆ ~ (that )… Lisa sensed that he did not believe her . ◆ Thomas , she sensed , could convince anyone of anything . ◆ ~ sb /sth doing sth He sensed someone moving around behind him . ◆ ~ sb /sth do sth He sensed something move in the bushes . ◆ ~ how , what , etc .… She could sense how nervous he was . ➤ of machine 机器 ~ sth to discover and record sth ◆ equipment that senses the presence of toxic gases
