sense

sense

[sens]

n.感官, 感觉, 意识, 鉴赏力, 意义, 理智, 道理, 见识
v.感觉, 意识到, 理解, 检测

例句与用法:

I hope she soon sees sense and stops fighting a battle she cannot win.

我希望她能很快明白过来,别再打这场打不赢的仗了。

It would make sense to leave early.

早点离开是明智的。

No one in their right senses would let a small child go out alone.

凡是有理智的人,谁都不会让那麽小的孩子独自出门。

I'm afraid I haven't got a very good sense of directions, so I easily get lost.

恐怕我的方位感很差,因此我容易迷路。

You should have had enough sense to turn off the electricity supply before disconnecting the wires.

你本来应该有足够的常识,在拆开电线之前先把电源切断。

I lost my sense of taste.

我丧失了味觉。

The horse sensed danger and stopped.

马感觉到了危险,于是停了下来。

词形变化:

动词过去式: sensed | 动词过去分词: sensed | 动词现在分词: sensing | 动词第三人称单数: senses |


n.

1. 感官; 官能[C]

2. 感觉; 意识; 观念[S][(+of)][+(that)]

She has no sense of time.

她没有时间观念。

Your brother has a good sense of humor.

你兄弟很有幽默感。

He is free from any sense of responsibility.

他丝毫没有责任感。

3. 智慧; 见识[U]

4. 辨别力, 判断力[S][U][(+of)]

He had the good sense to withdraw from the election contest.

他很明智, 退出了竞选。

5. 意义; 意思[C]

The word here is used in its figurative sense.

此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。

6. (公众的)意见, 意向[U]

7. 知觉; 理智[P]

Anyone in his right senses wouldn't do that.

神智清醒的人都不会去干那种事。

8. 道理; 益处, 效用[U][(+of/in)]

What's the sense of arguing with him?

同他争论有什么用处呢?

vt.

1. 感觉到, 意识到[+(that)][+wh-]

I sensed that I had made a serious mistake.

我意识到自己犯了个严重的错误。

2. (机器等)检测; 测出

3. 了解, 领会


短语词组:

bring sb. to his senses

1. 使某人觉醒过来, 使某人醒悟

Perhaps it will bring him to his senses.

也许这会使他清醒过来。

come to one's senses

1. 醒悟过来

We hope he'll come to his senses and correct his mistakes.

我们希望他能觉悟, 改正错误。

in a sense

1. 就某种意义来说

You are right in a sense.

就某种意义来说你是对的。

in one's right senses

1. 有理性

No one in his right senses would believe such a fantastic story.

任何有理性的人都不会相信这样异想天开的故事。

make sense

1. 有意义

This sentence doesn't make sense.

这句子毫无意义。

make sense of

1. 理解

Can you make sense of what this writer is saying?

你能了解这个作家在讲什么吗?

no sense

1. 不必

No sense in looking for the coin under the table, you won't find it there.

不必在桌子底下找那枚钱币了, 你找不到的。

out of one's senses

1. 失去理性

He must be out of his senses if he thinks I'm going to let him stay in my house.

要是他以为我会让他呆在我家, 那他真是脑子出毛病了。

talk sense

1. 讲话有道理

He talked a great deal of sense.

他讲得很有道理。


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