| 释义 |
sense /sens/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 感官；官能
Sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell are the five senses. 视觉、听觉、触觉、味觉、嗅觉合称五种官能。
have a keen (dull) sense of smell 嗅觉灵敏(迟钝)
2. 感觉
a sense of warmth (pain, pleasure) 温暖(疼痛，愉快)的感觉
a sense of danger (security) 危机(安全)感
He had a sense that no one had mentioned the real purpose of this meeting. 他有一种感觉，那就是任何人都没有提到这次会议的真正目的。
3. [总称]五种官能；感觉
the pleasures of sense 感官的愉悦
errors of sense 感觉上的错误
4. 观念；意识
a sense of time (status) 时间(地位)观念
a sense of humour 幽默感
a high sense of duty 高度的责任感
a keen sense of honour (inferiority) 强烈的荣誉感(自卑感)
be lost to all sense of shame 全无羞耻心
an overwhelming sense of loss 强烈的失落感
5. 辨别力；判断力；鉴赏力；认识
Underground, one loses all sense of direction. 在地下，人就失去了对方向的一切辨别力。
He had a poor sense of right and wrong. 他不太分得清是非。
a sense of beauty 审美能力
a sense of the worth of a thing 对某物价值的认识
6. 见识；智慧
a man of sense 明智的人
He had the good sense to realize that the plan would never work. 他很明智，知道这项计划绝对行不通。
You should have had more sense than to do such a foolish thing. 你本不该糊涂得去干这样的蠢事。
7. 道理，合理性；益处，有用性
There's some sense in what he says. 他说的话有些道理。
What is the sense of doing that? 干那样的事有什么用处呢?
There's no sense in any of us collapsing. 我们中间任何一个人垮下来都是没有好处的。
8. [one's senses]知觉；理智，理性；健全的心智
lose (recover) one's senses 失去(恢复)知觉(或理智)
be in one's (right) senses 头脑健全(或神智清醒)
be out of one's (right) senses 发疯
frighten sb. out of his senses 把某人吓得魂不附体
9. 意义；含意；意思
This word can be used in several senses. 这个词可以有几种释义。
literature in the broad sense 广义的文学
He cannot be called a writer in the strict sense of the word. 严格地说，他不能被称为作家。
You missed the sense of his statement. 你没弄懂他的话的意思。
10. (大众的)意见，意向
take the sense of a meeting 了解与会者的意向
11. 方向，指向
the sense of rotation 旋转方向
12. 【数】【物】(一对物体、量、作用等的)指向
13. 【遗】[作定语]有义
sense strand 有义链
II ❶ vt.
1. 感觉到；觉察到；意识到
We sensed the tension in the conference room. 我们感觉到会议室里的紧张气氛。
He could sense nobody near him. 在他的感觉中近旁没有人。
sense one's mistake 意识到自己的错误
He sensed that she was making fun of him. 他意识到她是在取笑他。
2. 了解，领悟
I can't sense your meaning sometimes. 有时我不能领会你的意思。
3. (机器、仪器等)检测
an apparatus to sense the presence of poisonous gases 检测是否存在有毒气体的器械
❷ vi.
1. 起感官作用
2. 有感觉，有知觉
[< L sēnsus < sentīre to feel, perceive, know] phr. bring sb. to his senses 1. 使某人恢复理性，使某人醒悟过来 Time will bring you to your senses. 时光会使你明白过来的。2. 使某人苏醒过来 They threw cold water on his face to bring him to his senses. 他们在他脸上浇冷水使他苏醒过来。come to one's senses 1. 恢复理性，醒悟过来；清醒地思考 Don't act so foolishly. Come to your senses. 别那么丢人现眼了。清醒过来吧! 2. (昏迷后)苏醒过来 She soon came to her senses in hospital. 她在医院里很快就苏醒过来了。in all senses 从任何意义上说，在各方面 in a (或 one) sense 从某种意义上说 I think he may be right in a sense. 我想，在某种意义上，他可能是对的。in every sense (of the word) 从任何一种意义上说 The election was in every sense fair. 这次选举不管从什么意义说都是公正的。in no sense 决不 (是)His mind was in no sense brilliant. 他的头脑一点也算不得聪明。make sense 1. 讲得通，有意义 A sentence must make sense. 句子必须有意义。2. 〈口〉言之成理，是合情合理的，是明智的 The plan made sense. 这项计划是合情合理的。It makes sense to take care of your health. 注意身体健康是明智的。It makes economic (military) sense. 这在经济(军事)上是明智的。make sense of 理解，弄懂…的意思 Can you make sense of what he says? 你能弄懂他说的意思吗? not in any sense = in no sense
speak sense= talk sense
stand to sense〈方〉合乎情理
take leave of one's senses 见 leave²
talk sense 〈口〉说话有理
He was talking sense for once. 那一回他总算说出一番有道理的话来。 |