sense [sens]
n./vt.
原義:感官,官能【C】
a sense of sight [hearing, smell, taste, touch]
視覺【聽覺,嗅覺,味覺,觸覺】
引申義:1、感覺,意識,觀念
He has a good sense of smell.
他的嗅覺很靈敏。
He is free from any sense of responsibility.
他絲毫沒有責任感。
2、辨別力,判斷力,見識
He has a good business sense.
他很有經濟頭腦。
3、意義,意思
I wish you'd talk sense.
要是你說有意義的話就好了。
Can you make sense of this poem?
你看得懂這首詩嗎?
4、理智,知覺,思維的能力(pl.)
Anyone in his right senses wouldn't do that.
神智清醒的人都不會去干那種事。
5、道理,益處,效用
What's the sense of arguing with him?
同他爭論有什么用處呢?
【同根詞】
1、sensation n. 感覺,知覺,轟動
Her appearance created a sensation.
她的出現曾轟動一時。
2、sensible adj. 明智的,明白的,通情達理的
He is a sensible fellow.
他是一個明白人。
3、sensitive adj. 敏感的,靈敏的,感光的
He is very sensitive about his age.
他非常介意他的年齡。
【背句子記單詞】
She has no sense of time.
她沒有時間觀念。
There is a lot of sense in what you say.
你的話頗有道理。