请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sensibly
释义

Definition of sensibly in English:

sensibly

adverb ˈsɛnsɪb(ə)liˈsɛnsəbli
  • 1In a way that shows wisdom or prudence.

    the committee sensibly decided not to go ahead with the meeting
    the secret to her long life has been eating sensibly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To prevent a hangover in the first place, drink sensibly, which means don't have more than one drink an hour.
    • I praised the women in the audience who sensibly refused to look.
    • Mozart was offered an organist's post at Versailles, and sensibly declined.
    • Parking is sensibly relegated to two subterranean levels below.
    • It's a whole new way of losing weight sensibly that can give you a whole new perspective on your body and your life.
    • She says she just ate sensibly and in moderation.
    • You're stuck with sensibly slashing calories while eating a healthy diet.
    • She lost about 20 pounds, very sensibly, and she feels really happy about it.
    • I'm not familiar enough with that subject to really talk sensibly about it.
    • The pair sensibly attempted a less ambitious integration of moderate-size compositions in the more restricted space upstairs.
  • 2In a practical and functional rather than decorative manner.

    a sensibly dressed, respectable-looking woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I hope she dresses sensibly in the future.
    • For Chilean architects, this is the challenge of a lifetime—to preserve history and to build sensibly.
    • If sensibly cut, at knee length, shorts are perfectly acceptable for all men.
    • Most were dressed sensibly for the hot weather.
    • A serious, sensibly dressed 33-year-old, he is an unlikely exponent of civil disobedience.
    • On one wall is a prominent photo of a woman sensibly attired in floral housecoat and white apron.
    • They dream of destroying it and building a new, more sensibly designed vessel.
    • It is bright and sensibly built, and for a hatchback, its seats are uncommonly interested in your comfort.
    • She was too neatly manicured and sensibly made up to be homeless, and yet surely too young to be as intelligent as she sounded.
    • Rather than forming the usual, sensibly crafted program, these pieces allowed musicians to show their personalities through music that is special to them.
  • 3archaic In a way that is readily perceived; perceptibly.

    his strength is sensibly diminished
    the tip becomes sensibly curved in one or two minutes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The system becomes sensibly permanent in a transformed phase.
    • Change does not sensibly occur at all until a certain temperature of reaction is attained.
    • These salaries have in recent years been sensibly reduced.
    • The magnitude of the electromotive force does not depend sensibly on the temperature.
    • The curve is sensibly straight when there is a reduction of power from full load to lighter load.
    1. 3.1 In a way that is able to notice or appreciate something; perceptively.
      he's sensibly aware of the need
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This term nominates the infant's image of its own body as it is sensibly lived through.
      • A shoal of surgeonfish sensibly moves out of harm's way.
      • Such negation refers to nothing that is sensibly perceptible.
      • Sensibly, they migrate south in winter.
      • It may not yet be a Here where I am, but it is most surely a Here where material existence is sensibly experienced.
      • We cannot discover, sensibly, where inorganic matter ends and organic commences.

Definition of sensibly in US English:

sensibly

adverbˈsensəblēˈsɛnsəbli
  • 1In a way that shows wisdom or prudence.

    the committee sensibly decided not to go ahead with the meeting
    the secret to her long life has been eating sensibly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She says she just ate sensibly and in moderation.
    • To prevent a hangover in the first place, drink sensibly, which means don't have more than one drink an hour.
    • You're stuck with sensibly slashing calories while eating a healthy diet.
    • It's a whole new way of losing weight sensibly that can give you a whole new perspective on your body and your life.
    • Parking is sensibly relegated to two subterranean levels below.
    • The pair sensibly attempted a less ambitious integration of moderate-size compositions in the more restricted space upstairs.
    • I praised the women in the audience who sensibly refused to look.
    • I'm not familiar enough with that subject to really talk sensibly about it.
    • She lost about 20 pounds, very sensibly, and she feels really happy about it.
    • Mozart was offered an organist's post at Versailles, and sensibly declined.
  • 2In a practical and functional rather than decorative manner.

    a sensibly dressed, respectable-looking woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If sensibly cut, at knee length, shorts are perfectly acceptable for all men.
    • She was too neatly manicured and sensibly made up to be homeless, and yet surely too young to be as intelligent as she sounded.
    • On one wall is a prominent photo of a woman sensibly attired in floral housecoat and white apron.
    • Rather than forming the usual, sensibly crafted program, these pieces allowed musicians to show their personalities through music that is special to them.
    • They dream of destroying it and building a new, more sensibly designed vessel.
    • For Chilean architects, this is the challenge of a lifetime—to preserve history and to build sensibly.
    • It is bright and sensibly built, and for a hatchback, its seats are uncommonly interested in your comfort.
    • I hope she dresses sensibly in the future.
    • A serious, sensibly dressed 33-year-old, he is an unlikely exponent of civil disobedience.
    • Most were dressed sensibly for the hot weather.
  • 3archaic In a way that is readily perceived; perceptibly.

    his strength is sensibly diminished
    the tip becomes sensibly curved in one or two minutes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The magnitude of the electromotive force does not depend sensibly on the temperature.
    • The curve is sensibly straight when there is a reduction of power from full load to lighter load.
    • These salaries have in recent years been sensibly reduced.
    • The system becomes sensibly permanent in a transformed phase.
    • Change does not sensibly occur at all until a certain temperature of reaction is attained.
    1. 3.1 In a way that is able to notice or appreciate something; perceptively.
      he's sensibly aware of the need
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Such negation refers to nothing that is sensibly perceptible.
      • Sensibly, they migrate south in winter.
      • A shoal of surgeonfish sensibly moves out of harm's way.
      • This term nominates the infant's image of its own body as it is sensibly lived through.
      • It may not yet be a Here where I am, but it is most surely a Here where material existence is sensibly experienced.
      • We cannot discover, sensibly, where inorganic matter ends and organic commences.
随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/27 16:48:58