sense

英 [sens]

美 [sens]

n.  感觉官能(即视、听、嗅、味、触五觉); (对重大事情的)感觉，意识; 理解力; 判断力
v.  感觉到; 意识到; 觉察出; 检测出

复数：senses　过去式：sensed　现在分词：sensing　过去分词：sensed　第三人称单数：senses　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTS计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.417 / COCA.407

同义词辨析

meaningconnotationdefinitionsense【导航词义：意思，含义】

习惯用语

n.

knock/talk some sense into sb
• 开导某人别干傻事；强使某人理智行事
  to try and persuade sb to stop behaving in a stupid way, sometimes using rough or violent methods
make sense
• 有道理；有意义；讲得通
  to have a meaning that you can easily understand
• This sentence doesn't make sense.
  这个句子不通。
• 是明智的；合乎情理
  to be a sensible thing to do
• It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version.
  买最新的版本是明智的。
• 表述清楚；易于理解；道理明显
  to be easy to understand or explain
• John wasn't making much sense on the phone.
  约翰在电话上说得不大清楚。
• Who would send me all these flowers? It makes no sense.
  谁会给我送这么多花呢？真不可思议。
make sense of sth
• 理解，弄懂（不易理解的事物）
  to understand sth that is difficult or has no clear meaning
see sense
• 变得明智起来；开始明白事理
  to start to be sensible or reasonable
a sense of occasion
• 隆重的（或特别的）气氛
  a feeling or understanding that an event is important or special
• Candles on the table gave the evening a sense of occasion.
  桌上点了一些蜡烛，使得那个晚上有一种特别的气氛。
take leave of your senses
• 丧失理智；发疯
  to start behaving as if you are crazy

牛津词典

noun

视觉、听觉等 sight/hearing, etc.
• 感觉官能（即视、听、嗅、味、触五觉）
  one of the five powers (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) that your body uses to get information about the world around you
  1. the five senses
     五种感觉官能
  2. Dogs have a keen (= strong) sense of smell.
     狗的嗅觉很灵敏。
  3. the sense organs (= eyes, ears, nose, etc.)
     感觉器官
  4. I could hardly believe the evidence of my own senses (= what I could see, hear, etc.) .
     我简直不敢相信自己的感觉。
  5. The mixture of sights, smells and sounds around her made her senses reel.
     四周的物象、气味和声音纷至沓来，使她晕头转向。
感觉 feeling
• （对重大事情的）感觉，意识
  a feeling about sth important
  1. He felt an overwhelming sense of loss.
     他感到非常失落。
  2. a strong sense of purpose/identity/duty, etc.
     重大意义、很强的个性意识、很强的责任感等
  3. Helmets can give cyclists a false sense of security .
     头盔能给骑自行车的人一种虚假的安全感。
  4. I had the sense that he was worried about something.
     我感觉他有心事。
理解；判断 understanding/judgement
• 理解力；判断力
  an understanding about sth; an ability to judge sth
  1. One of the most important things in a partner is a sense of humour (= the ability to find things funny or make people laugh) .
     作为一个生活伴侣，最重要的素质之一是幽默感。
  2. He has a very good sense of direction (= finds the way to a place easily) .
     他的方向感很强。
  3. She has lost all sense of direction in her life.
     她完全丧失了生活的方向。
  4. Always try to keep a sense of proportion (= of the relative importance of different things) .
     对事情随时都要把握好孰轻孰重。
  5. a sense of rhythm/timing
     节奏感；时机感
  6. Alex doesn't have any dress sense (= does not know which clothes look attractive) .
     亚历克斯对服装毫无鉴赏力。
• 见识；良好的判断；清醒的认识
  good understanding and judgement; knowledge of what is sensible or practical behaviour
  1. You should have the sense to take advice when it is offered.
     你要知道好歹，别人给你忠告，就该接受。
  2. There's no sense in (= it is not sensible) worrying about it now.
     现在大可不必为那件事忧虑。
  3. Can't you talk sense (= say sth sensible) ?
     你就不能说点正经的？
  4. There's a lot of sense in what Mary says.
     玛丽说得很在理。
正常的精神状态 normal state of mind
• 健全的心智；清醒的思维能力；理智
  a normal state of mind; the ability to think clearly
  1. If she threatens to leave, it should bring him to his senses .
     假如她威胁着要走，说不定他会清醒过来。
  2. He waited for Dora to come to her senses and return.
     他盼着多拉冷静下来后回来。
  3. Are you out of your senses ? You'll be killed!
     你疯了吗？你会丢了性命的！
  4. Why does she want to marry him? She must have taken leave of her senses .
     她怎么会要嫁给他呢？她准是脑子有毛病了。
意义 meaning
• 意义；含义；理解…的方式；看待…的角度
  the meaning that a word or phrase has; a way of understanding sth
  1. The word ‘love’ is used in different senses by different people.
     “爱”这个字不同的人用来表示不同的意思。
  2. education in its broadest sense
     最广泛意义的教育
  3. He was a true friend, in every sense of the word (= in every possible way) .
     无论从哪个角度讲，他都是个真正的朋友。
  4. In a sense (= in one way) it doesn't matter any more.
     从某种意义上说，这事已无关紧要了。
  5. In some senses (= in one or more ways) the criticisms were justified.
     在一定意义上，那些批评意见是有道理的。
  6. In no sense can the issue be said to be resolved.
     无论如何这个问题都不能说已经解决了。
  7. There is a sense in which we are all to blame for the tragedy.
     在某种意义上，对这个悲剧我们大家都有责任。

verb

感觉 become aware
• 感觉到；意识到；觉察出
  to become aware of sth even though you cannot see it, hear it, etc.
  1. Sensing danger, they started to run.
     他们感到有危险，撒腿就跑。
  2. Thomas, she sensed, could convince anyone of anything.
     她觉得，托马斯能说服任何人相信任何事。
  3. Lisa sensed that he did not believe her.
     莉萨意识到他不相信她。
机器 of machine
• 检测出
  to discover and record sth
  1. equipment that senses the presence of toxic gases
     检测有毒气体的设备

柯林斯词典

• See also:She stared at him again, unable to believe the evidence of her senses....a keen sense of smell.sixth sense
• VERB 感觉到;觉察到;意识到
  If yousensesomething, you become aware of it or you realize it, although it is not very obvious.
  1. She probably sensed that I wasn't telling her the whole story...
     她可能意识到了我并没有对她全盘托出。
  2. He looks about him, sensing danger...
     他四下看了看，感觉到有危险。
  3. Prost had sensed what might happen.
     普罗斯特已经觉察到可能会发生什么事。
• See also:Suddenly you got this sense that people were drawing themselves away from each other...There is no sense of urgency on either side.sense of occasion
• N-SING (负罪或释然的)感觉
  If you have asense ofguilt or relief, for example, you feel guilty or relieved.
  1. When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt...
     当你的孩子在挣扎求生时，你会感到非常内疚。
  2. Lulled into a false sense of security, we eagerly awaited their return.
     我们被一种虚假的安全感所麻痹，急切地等着他们回来。
• N-SING 意识;观念
  If you have asense ofsomething such as duty or justice, you are aware of it and believe it is important.
  1. My sense of justice was offended...
     我的正义感被激了起来。
  2. We must keep a sense of proportion about all this...
     我们对所有的这些都要有轻重缓急之分。
  3. She needs to regain a sense of her own worth.
     她需要重新认识到自我的价值。
• See also:He has an impeccable sense of timing...Her dress sense is appalling....his astute business sense.sense of humour
• See also:...when he was younger and had a bit more sense...When that doesn't work they sometimes have the sense to seek help...And I'll buzz over to talk some sense into old Ocker.common sense
• N-SING 好处;意义
  If you say that there is nosenseor littlesense indoing something, you mean that it is not a sensible thing to do because nothing useful would be gained by doing it.
  1. There's no sense in pretending this doesn't happen...
     假装这件事没有发生毫无意义。
  2. There's little sense in trying to outspend a competitor with a much larger service factory.
     试图比竞争对手花更多的钱建一个大得多的维修厂没有什么意义。
• N-COUNT (词语、表达的)意思，含义，意义
  Asenseof a word or expression is one of its possible meanings.
  1. ...a noun which has two senses...
     有两个意思的名词
  2. Then she remembered that they had no mind in any real sense of that word.
     然后她想起来他们对那个词的真正意思一无所知。
• PHRASE 从某种意义上说/总的来说。
  Senseis used in several expressions to indicate how true your statement is. For example, if you say that something is truein a sense, you mean that it is partly true, or true in one way. If you say that something is truein ageneralsense, you mean that it is true in a general way.
  1. In a sense, both were right...
     从某种意义上来说，两者都对。
  2. In one sense, the fact that few new commercial buildings can be financed does not matter...
     从某种意义上说，只有少数新建商业大厦可以融到资金的情况其实并不重要。
  3. He's not the leader in a political sense...
     他并不是政治意义上的领导者。
  4. Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
     尽管他家境一般，但也并不贫穷。
• PHRASE 可以理解;讲得通
  If somethingmakes sense, you can understand it.
  1. He was sitting there saying, 'Yes, the figures make sense.'
     他坐在那儿说：“是的，这些数字可以理解。”
  2. It all makes sense now.
     现在就都讲得通了。
• PHRASE 理解;弄懂
  When youmake sense ofsomething, you succeed in understanding it.
  1. Provided you didn't try to make sense of it, it sounded beautiful...
     只要不非得弄懂它的意思，它听上去还是很美的。
  2. This is to help her to come to terms with her early upbringing and make sense of past experiences.
     这旨在帮助她认可自己早先所受的教育，并让她了解自己过去的经历。
• PHRASE (行为方式)有道理，合乎情理
  If a course of actionmakes sense, it seems sensible.
  1. It makes sense to look after yourself...
     自己应该照顾自己。
  2. The project should be reappraised to see whether it made sound economic sense...
     该项目应重新评估，以确定其是否可以产生良好的经济效益。
  3. They all said 'This is crazy, this makes no sense'.
     他们都说“这太不靠谱了，一点儿都不明智”。
• PHRASE 恢复理性;清醒过来;醒悟过来
  If you say that someonehas come totheirsensesorhas been brought totheirsenses, you mean that they have stopped being foolish and are being sensible again.
  1. Eventually the world will come to its senses and get rid of them...
     最终这世界会清醒过来，将它们全部丢弃。
  2. May her death bring these people to their senses.
     但愿她的死能让这些人醒悟。
• PHRASE 发疯;失去理智;精神失常
  If you say that someone seems tohave taken leave oftheirsenses, you mean that they have done or said something very foolish.
  1. They looked at me as if I had taken leave of my senses.
     他们看着我，就像我已经疯了一样。
• 说得有理
  If you say that someonetalks sense, you mean that what they say is sensible.
• PHRASE 认为;觉得
  If youhave a sense thatsomething is true orget a sense thatsomething is true, you think that it is true.
  1. Do you have the sense that you are loved by the public?
     你认为自己深受民众喜爱吗？
  2. I get a sense that people are feeling better about themselves.
     我觉得现在人们的自我感觉更好了。
• 
  tosee sense

英英释义

noun

• sound practical judgment
  1. Common sense is not so common
  2. he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
  3. fortunately she had the good sense to run away
  Synonym:common sensegood sensegumptionhorse sensemother wit
• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
  1. in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
  Synonym:sensationsentiencesentiencysensory faculty
• a general conscious awareness
  1. a sense of security
  2. a sense of happiness
  3. a sense of danger
  4. a sense of self
• a natural appreciation or ability
  1. a keen musical sense
  2. a good sense of timing
• the meaning of a word or expression
  1. the dictionary gave several senses for the word
  2. in the best sense charity is really a duty
  3. the signifier is linked to the signified
  Synonym:signified

verb

• comprehend
  1. I sensed the real meaning of his letter
• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
  1. I sense his hostility
  2. i smell trouble
  3. smell out corruption
  Synonym:smellsmell out
• perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
  1. He felt the wind
  2. She felt an object brushing her arm
  3. He felt his flesh crawl
  4. She felt the heat when she got out of the car
  Synonym:feel
• detect some circumstance or entity automatically
  1. This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
  2. particle detectors sense ionization

双语例句

• He's not the leader in a political sense
  他并不是政治意义上的领导者。
• When that doesn't work they sometimes have the sense to seek help
  那种方法不奏效的时候，他们有时会想到要寻求帮助。
• This is to help her to come to terms with her early upbringing and make sense of past experiences.
  这旨在帮助她认可自己早先所受的教育，并让她了解自己过去的经历。
• There is no sense of urgency on either side.
  两边都没有紧迫感。
• Her dress sense is appalling.
  她穿衣打扮的品位实在糟透了。
• Then she remembered that they had no mind in any real sense of that word.
  然后她想起来他们对那个词的真正意思一无所知。
• Lulled into a false sense of security, we eagerly awaited their return.
  我们被一种虚假的安全感所麻痹，急切地等着他们回来。
• He has an impeccable sense of timing
  他有着无可挑剔的节奏感。
• She probably sensed that I wasn't telling her the whole story
  她可能意识到了我并没有对她全盘托出。
• In a sense, both were right
  从某种意义上来说，两者都对。