sense

n.感觉，官能；意识，观念；理性；识别力

vt.感到；理解，领会；检测出

noun

视觉、听觉等 sight/hearing, etc.

1. 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

2. （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

3. 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。
4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

1. 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

2. 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

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

sense 感官，感觉，意义，含义，理解力，判断力

来自古法语 sens,感觉，知觉，理解，五种感官的功能，来自拉丁语 sensus,感觉的，知觉的， 感知的，过去分词格于 sentire,感觉，感知，知晓，来自 PIE*sent,感觉，可能来自 PIE*sent, 走，离开，送出，词源同 send.其逻辑关系可能为摸着石头过河，根据感觉找路。引申诸相 关词义。

1. She stared at him again, unable to believe the evidence of her senses.
   她再度盯着他看，无法相信自己的眼睛和耳朵。
2. 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。
3. He looks about him, sensing danger
   他四下看了看，感觉到有危险。
4. Prost had sensed what might happen.
   普罗斯特已经觉察到可能会发生什么事。
5. Suddenly you got this sense that people were drawing themselves away from each other
   突然间你就有这样一种感觉：人们正在彼此疏远。
6. There is no sense of urgency on either side.
   两边都没有紧迫感。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. My sense of justice was offended
   我的正义感被激了起来。
10. 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。
11. She needs to regain a sense of her own worth.
    她需要重新认识到自我的价值。
12. He has an impeccable sense of timing
    他有着无可挑剔的节奏感。
13. Her dress sense is appalling.
    她穿衣打扮的品位实在糟透了。
14. 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。
15. And I'll buzz over to talk some sense into old Ocker.
    我会不厌其烦地给那个固执己见的澳大利亚老头讲道理。
16. There's no sense in pretending this doesn't happen
    假装这件事没有发生毫无意义。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. In a sense, both were right
    从某种意义上来说，两者都对。
20. 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。
21. He's not the leader in a political sense
    他并不是政治意义上的领导者。
22. Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
    尽管他家境一般，但也并不贫穷。
23. 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。”
24. It all makes sense now.
    现在就都讲得通了。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. It makes sense to look after yourself
    自己应该照顾自己。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. Do you have the sense that you are loved by the public?
    你认为自己深受民众喜爱吗？