sen·si·ble
adjective/ˈsensəbl/
/ˈsensəbl/
- (of people and their behaviour) able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion; practical
明智的；理智的；合理的；切合实际的 - She's a sensible sort of person.
她属于那种通情达理的人。 - I think that's a very sensible idea.
我看这个主意很妥当。 - I think the sensible thing would be to take a taxi home.
我想还是坐出租车回家比较好。 - Say something sensible.
说点正经的。 - a sensible approach/decision/solution/option
明智的方法/决定/解决方案/选择 - Diplomacy is the only sensible way to resolve this dispute.
外交是解决这一争端的唯一明智途径。 - This is an eminently sensible approach.
这是一个非常明智的做法。 - sensible about something We have to be sensible about this.
这事我们要理智对待。 - We are just asking people to be sensible about the amount of water they use.
我们只是要求人们明智地对待他们的用水量。 - it is sensible to do something It is sensible to have contingency plans in place.
备好应变方案是明智之举。 - it is sensible for somebody to do something It would be sensible for the government to take precautionary measures.
政府采取预防措施是明智的。
Which Word? sensible / sensitivesensible / sensitiveSensible and sensitive are connected with two different meanings of sense.- Sensible refers to your ability to make good judgements:
- She gave me some very sensible advice.
她给了我一些非常合理的建议。 - It wasn’t very sensible to go out on your own so late at night.
这么晚一个人单独外出是不太明智的。
- She gave me some very sensible advice.
- Sensitive refers to how easily you react to things and how much you are aware of things or other people:
- a soap for sensitive skin
敏感皮肤用的肥皂 - This movie may upset a sensitive child.
这部影片可能使敏感的孩子感到难过。
- a soap for sensitive skin
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1- Ben's usually pretty sensible.
本通常很通事理。 - I wish you'd be sensible for once!
我希望你能理智点，哪怕就一次！ - She was a sensible little girl, and would never get into a car with a stranger.
她是个懂事的小女孩，绝对不会和陌生人上车。 - That wasn't a very sensible thing to do!
那么做可不太明智！ - In the state I was in, this seemed a perfectly sensible remark.
根据我当时的情况，这么说似乎完全合乎情理。 - That advice sounds sensible enough.
那个建议听起来相当合理。 - This approach seems very sensible to me.
在我看来，这个方法似乎很明智。 - Choose a sensible diet and stick to it.
选择合理的饮食，并且坚持下去。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
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- extremely
- fairly
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- She's a sensible sort of person.
- (of clothes, etc.) useful rather than fashionable
朴素而实用的 - sensible shoes
朴实而舒适的鞋
- sensible shoes
- (formal or literary) aware of something
意识到；认识到 - I am sensible of the fact that mathematics is not a popular subject.
我知道数学课不受欢迎。
More Like This Words that look like opposites, but aren’tWords that look like opposites, but aren’t- different / indifferent
- interested / disinterested
- famous / infamous
- flammable / inflammable
- savoury / unsavoury
- sensible / insensible
- valuable / invaluable
- I am sensible of the fact that mathematics is not a popular subject.
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘perceptible by the senses’): from Old French, or from Latin sensibilis, from sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’.