sense
n
1 [C] any of the five powers of the body by which a person, an animal, etc receives knowledge of things in the world around, ie sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch 感覺官能; 視覺; 聽覺; 嗅覺; 味覺; 觸覺
the five senses 五種感覺官能
have a keen sense of hearing 聽覺靈敏.
2 [U, sing]
(a) appreciation or understanding of the value or worth of sth (對價值的)辨別, 理解, 領悟
a sense of the (ie the ability to know what is) absurd, ridiculous, etc 對荒唐、 可笑等事物的識別力
not have much sense of humour, ie a liking for jokes, funny situations, etc 沒什麼幽默感
a person with no sense of direction, ie who cannot find his way easily 無方向感的人.
(b) consciousness of sth; awareness 覺察; 覺悟
a sense of one's own importance, worth, etc 對自身的重要性、 價值等的覺察
have no sense of shame, guilt, etc 無羞恥心、 無罪惡感
feel a sense of security in her arms 在她懷里感到安全.
3 [U] ability to make reasonable judgements; practical wisdom 識別力; 常識; 見識
have the sense to come in out of the rain 懂得進來避雨
There's a lot of sense in what she says. 她說的話很有見地.
4 senses [pl]
normal state of mind; ability to think 健全的心智; 思維的能力
lose/regain one's senses 失去[恢復]理智.
5 [U] reason; purpose 道理; 目的
What's the sense of doing that? 為什麼要做那件事呢?
There's no sense in going alone, ie It would be better not to. 一個人去沒有好處.
6 [C]
(a) meaning of a word, phrase, etc (詞語等的)意義
a word with several senses 有幾個意思的詞
The sense of the word is not clear. 這個詞的意思不清楚.
(b) way in which a word, sentence, etc is to be understood (詞句等)被理解的意義
in the strict/literal/figurative sense of the expression 按照嚴格的[字面的/比喻的]意義來說
I am a worker only in the sense that I work; I don't get paid for what I do. 我是工作人員, 這是僅就我做工作而言的; 我并無報酬.
7 [sing] the ~ of sth (fml 文) general feeling or opinion among a group of people (集體的)普遍感覺或意見
The sense of the meeting was (ie Most people present thought) that he should resign. 與會者普遍認為他應該辭職.
8 (idm 習語) beat, knock, drive, etc (some) sense into sb (infml 口) change sb's behaviour, views, etc by severe or sometimes violent methods 改變某人的行為、 看法等(用嚴厲的, 有時為粗暴的方式)
She's a wild uncontrollable girl, but that new school should knock some sense into her. 她是個很不聽話的女孩兒, 那所新學校應該能管管她了. bring sb to his/come to one's `senses
(a) (make sb) stop behaving foolishly or irrationally (使某人)不再做傻事或不理智的事
He was finally brought to his senses and agreed to let the hostages go. 他最後恢復些理智, 同意釋放人質.
(b) wake (sb) up from unconsciousness 使(某人)蘇醒
When I came to my senses, I was lying on the floor. 我蘇醒過來的時候是在地板上躺著呢. in a `sense if the statement, etc is understood in a particular way 在某種意義上
What you say is true in a sense. 你的話在某種意義上屬實. in one's `senses in one's normal state of mind; sensible 頭腦健全; 神志清醒
No one in their right senses would let a small child go out alone. 凡是有理智的人, 誰都不會讓那麼小的孩子獨自出門. make `sense
(a) have an understandable meaning 有意義; 有道理; 講得通
What you say makes no sense. 你說的話沒有道理.
These words are jumbled up and don't make sense. 這些詞藻堆砌在一起講不通.
(b) be sensible 是明智的; ...
?? 考研助記
等死(諧音dense) 密集 疼死(諧音tense) 緊張 感官 感覺真“神似”(諧音sense)
?? 擴展釋義
*[sens]n. 感應, 感覺, 感官, 意識, 觀念, 情理, 知覺, 理智vt. 感覺, 覺察, 檢測【計】 閱讀; 檢測【醫】 覺, 感覺相關詞組: in a sense in no sense in the proper sense in the strict sense in the literal sense in the figurative sense make sense make sense of stand to sense talk sense speak sense there's no sense in have more sense than to have too much sense to