2SENSIBLEreasonable and based on sensible thinking 明智的,理智的
a sane and sensible approach to gun control
一个明智而又合理的枪支管制方法
3keep somebody sane (also enable somebody to stay/remain sane)MPMENTALLY ILL to stop someone from thinking about their problems and becoming upset 不让某人担忧,让某人冷静下来
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem心智健全;似乎神志正常▸➤remain, stay仍然/保持清醒▸➤keep sb使某人頭腦清醒◇Having that little bit of time to myself is what keeps me sane.正是有那點兒獨處的時間才使我能保持頭腦清醒。ADVERB➤completely, perfectly, quite完全/十分/相當清醒◇She seems perfectly sane to me.在我看來,她神志清醒着呢。➤reasonably, relatively還算/相對清醒▸➤not entirely不完全清醒
sane ♦︎ rational ♦︎ normal ♦︎ in your right mindThese words all describe sb who has a healthy mind and is able to think clearly and sensibly.这些词均表示精神正常的、理智的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a sane / rational / normal person◆perfectly / quite / completely / otherwise sane / rational / normal■sanehaving a healthy mind; not mentally ill精神健全的;神志正常的◆No sane person would do a thing like that.没有一个神志正常的人会做那样的事。◆ (ratherinformal) Being able to get out of the city at weekends keeps me sane.亏得能出城过周末,我才没给憋疯了。OPPinsane ⇨ mentally ill▸sanity ˈsænəti
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[uncountable] ◆His behaviour was so strange that I began to doubt his sanity.他行为非常怪异,我都开始怀疑他是否神志正常了。■rational ˈræʃnəl able to think clearly and make decisions based on reason rather than emotions理智的;理性的◆Humans are essentially rational beings.从本质上讲,人是理性动物。◆She said that she had not been fully rational when she signed the form.她说自己在表格上签字时并非完全头脑清醒。OPPirrationalⓘ A person or thing that is irrational does not use, or is not based on, clear logical thought. * irrational指人不理智或事物不合逻辑◆You're being irrational.你不可理喻。■normalhaving a healthy mind and body; not mentally ill身心健全的;精神正常的◆He had been a completely normal, healthy little boy.他曾是个完全正常而又健康的小男孩。◆People who commit these crimes can't be normal, can they?犯下这种罪行的人心理不可能正常,不是吗?OPPabnormal ⇨ abnormalNOTE辨析 Sane or normal?Sometimes you can use either word.这两个词有时可通用◆No sane / normal person would do a thing like that.没有一个神志正常的人会做那样的事。Sane is often used in a rather informal, slightly humorous way, to talk about yourself: if you talk about the need to stay sane or say that sth keeps you sane, you are really talking about avoiding stress rather than serious mental illness. Normal is always used to talk about other people. * sane常用于很不正式的语境,以略带幽默的方式来调侃自己。说自己需要stay sane或某事keep you sane,其实是指避免压力而非严重的精神病。normal总是用于别人◆Having a laugh helps me stay normal.In some contexts normal, but notsane, refers to both mental and physical health.在有些语境中normal可兼指身心均正常健康,sane则不能◆a completely sane, healthy little boy■in your right ˈmind
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mentally normal精神正常◆No one in their right mind would agree to such an idea!没有一个精神正常的人会同意这种看法!