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| 1 | C +of a strong feeling or belief about yourself （自我）感觉 |
| Winning an award would give me a great sense of achievement. 得奖会给我很大的成就感。 |
| They say they are dealing with the problem, but there seems to be no sense of urgency. 他们说他们正在处理这个问题，但给人的感觉似乎是他们并不着急。 |
| a sense of optimism/confidence/well-being A little bit of praise and appreciation can give people a real sense of well-being. 一点点表扬和欣赏能让人感到心情愉快。 |
| a sense of foreboding/unease/panic Beth read Jake’ s letter with a mounting sense of panic. 贝思读着杰克的信，恐惧感越来越强烈。 |
| a sense of identity/belonging/community It’ s a small village with a strong sense of local identity. 这是个具有很强地方特色的小村子。 |
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| 2 | C one of the natural abilities that most people have to see , hear , smell , taste , and feel things, known as the five senses 感觉官能（指视觉、听觉、嗅觉、味觉和触觉五官） |
| sense of smell/taste/touch etc Our sense of smell improves as fading light reduces vision. 光线变弱后我们的视力减弱，但嗅觉变得敏锐。 |
| | 2a | singular a natural ability or quality that some people have 能力；特质 | | You need a good sense of balance to skate well. 你需要很好的平衡感才能滑好冰。 | | sense of humour (=the ability to laugh at things or say funny things) She’ s got a great sense of humour. 幽默感 | | sense of direction (=an ability to know where you are going, even when you are in a place you do not know) I’ m sure he’ ll be able to find the house – he has a pretty good sense of direction. 方向感 | | business sense Our father was a good designer, but he had no business sense. 我们的父亲是位优秀的设计师，但他没有商业头脑。 | |
| | 2b | U the ability to behave in an intelligent way and make good decisions 见识；智慧 | | He should have had the sense to park the car in the shade. 他本应该知道要把车停在阴凉处。 | | talk sense (=speak in an intelligent way) At least they’ ve got someone who can talk sense on the subject. 说话有道理 | |
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| 3 | U a good reason or a useful purpose 道理；意义；合理性 |
| There’ s no sense in going ahead until the costs have been agreed. 在就费用问题达成协议之前继续下去毫无意义。 |
| see sense (=start behaving in a reasonable way) I hope the Government will see sense and accept the recommendation. 开始表现得有理智 |
| | 3a | plural a reasonable way of talking and behaving 理智；理性 | | bring sb to their senses (=make sb become reasonable) What’ s it going to take to bring him to his senses? 使某人理智 | | come to your senses (=become reasonable) Portman urged the government to come to its senses and stop nuclear testing. 使某人理智 | | take leave of your senses (=become crazy) Why would he spend that much on a car? He must have taken leave of his senses. 变得不理智；疯了 | |
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| 4 | C the meaning of a word or phrase 词义；含义；意义；义项 |
| The word ‘bank’ has a number of senses. 这个词有好几个义项。 |
| We are talking about vocational training in the broadest sense. 我们在讨论最广泛意义上的职业培训。 |
| | 4a | singular a way of thinking about or understanding something , although there may be other ways （考虑或理解某事的一种）意见，意义 | | in a sense My family’ s from this area, so in a sense it’ s like coming home. 我家来自这个地区，所以在一定意义上就像是回家。 | | in one sense In one sense, Robertson is a typical politician. 从某种意义上说，罗伯逊是个典型的政客。 | |
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| - | make sense
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| 1 | to be practical and sensible 合情理；明智 | It makes sense to keep such information on file for reference. 把这样的信息存档供参考是明智的。 | | It made good sense to continue with the reforms. 继续改革是非常明智的。 | |
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| 2 | to be easy to understand 讲得通；易理解 | Her argument makes perfect sense to me. 对我来说她的论点很容易理解。 | |
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| - | make sense of sth
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| to understand something that is complicated or unusual |
| 理解（复杂或不寻常的）某物 |
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| We’ ve been trying to make sense of our dreams. 我们一直试图理解梦的含义。 |
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| Words frequently used with sense | | sense 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | accepted, broad, fullest, literal, narrow, strict, truest, wide, | 4 | | verbs | convey, create, develop, experience, feel, share, | 1 | | | |
| See also | | - dress sense | | - horse sense | | - sixth sense | |
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