sense

sense
noun

a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch
官能；感觉
the bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk.
熊有敏锐的嗅觉，这使它能够在黄昏时捕猎。
a feeling that something is the case
感觉；判断力
she had the sense of being a political outsider.
她有置身政治之外的感觉。
■an awareness or feeling that one is in a specified state
觉察；感觉
you can improve your general health and sense of well-being.
你可以提高你的总体健康水平和幸福感。
■(sense of)a keen intuitive awareness of or sensitivity to the presence or importance of something
意识；敏感
she had a fine sense of comic timing.
他有良好意识，对逗人发笑的时机把握很准。
[mass noun]a sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems
见识；智慧
he earned respect by the good sense he showed at meetings.
他在会上表现出了良好的见识而赢得了尊敬。
■a reasonable or comprehensible rationale
道理；合理性
I can't see the sense in leaving all the work to you.
我看不出有什么理由把所有工作留给你去做。
a way in which an expression or a situation can be interpreted; a meaning
含义；意义
it is not clear which sense of the word ‘characters’ is intended in this passage.
不清楚这篇短文中想要用单词“characters”的哪一个含义。
(chiefly Mathematics & Physics)a property (e.g. direction of motion) distinguishing a pair of objects, quantities, effects, etc. which differ only in that each is the reverse of the other
(主数，主物理)指向；方向
■[as modifier](Genetics)relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides, complementary to an antisense sequence
(遗传)有意义的

verb
[with obj.]

perceive by a sense or senses
感觉到；觉察到
with the first frost, they could sense a change in the days.
随着第一场霜降，他们能感觉到气候的变化。
■be aware of
意识到
she could sense her father's anger rising.
她能意识到她爸爸发火了。
■[with clause]be aware that something is the case without being able to define exactly how one knows
觉察到
he could sense that he wasn't liked.
他能觉察到他不受人喜欢。
■(of a machine or similar device) detect
（机械装置）检测
an optical fibre senses a current flowing in a conductor.
光纤会检测导体中的电流。

常用词组
bring someone to their (或come to one's) senses

restore someone to (or regain) consciousness
使恢复知觉
■cause someone to (or start to) think and behave reasonably after a period of folly or irrationality
使恢复理智

in a (或one)sense

used to indicate a particular interpretation of a statement or situation
在某种意义上
in a sense, behaviour cannot develop independently of the environment.
在某种意义上，行为不能独立于环境而发展。

in one's senses

fully aware and in control of one's thoughts and words; sane
思维正常的；清醒的
would any man in his senses invent so absurd a story?.
思维正常的人会编造这么一个荒唐的故事吗？。

make sense

be intelligible, justifiable, or practicable
可理解，有根据，可行

make sense of

find meaning or coherence in
理解；弄懂
she must try to make sense of what was going on.
她必须尽量弄懂正在发生的一切。

out of one's senses

in or into a state of madness
发疯的，失去理智的

a sense of direction

a person's ability to know without explicit guidance the direction in which they are or should be moving
方向感

take leave of one's senses

(in hyperbolic use) go mad
［用于夸张］发疯

语源

late Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'meaning'): from Latin sensus 'faculty of feeling, thought, meaning', from sentire 'feel'. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent

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