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sense

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Related topics: Human
sense1 /sens/ ●●● S1 W1 noun  
1  [countableC]FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC a feeling about something 〔对某事物的〕感觉
sense of
 Afterwards, I felt a great sense of relief.
后来，我感到如释重负。
 A sense of panic has spread over the country.
举国上下一片恐慌。
 Employees need the sense of being appreciated.
雇员需要被赏识的感觉。
with a sense of something
 He looked around the room with a sense of achievement.
他带着一种成就感环顾房间。
sense that
 I had the sense that he was lying.
我有一种感觉，他在撒谎。
2  [singular] the ability to understand or judge something 理解力；判断力
sense of humour British EnglishBrE, sense of humor American EnglishAmE (=the ability to understand and enjoy things that are funny) 幽默感
 I like Pam – she has a really good sense of humour.
我喜欢帕姆，她很有幽默感。
sense of direction (=the ability to judge which way you should be going, or what your aims should be) 方向感
 It was dark and he had completely lost his sense of direction.
天黑了，他完全失去了方向感。
sense of proportion (=the ability to judge what is important and what is not important) 区别轻重缓急的能力，主次观念
 Let’s keep a sense of proportion, and not rush to any hasty conclusions.
我们要有主次观念，不要急于下结论。
sense of justice/fairness
 Kids have a natural sense of justice.
小孩子都有一种天生的正义感。
dress/clothes sense (=the ability to judge which clothes look good) 着装感，对服装的鉴赏力
3  [countableC]HBH one of the five natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell, that give us information about the things around us 感官，感觉官能〔即视觉、听觉、触觉、味觉和嗅觉〕
sense of smell/taste/touch etc
 She has a good sense of smell.
她嗅觉很好。
 Cats have a very acute sense of hearing (=very good, so that they can hear even the smallest sound).
猫的听觉非常敏锐。
 Combinations of flavors, textures, and color that can delight the senses.
使感官愉悦的味道、口感和颜色的结合。
 the five senses (=all of the senses)
五种感官
→ sixth sense
4  [uncountableU]SENSIBLE when someone makes sensible or practical decisions, or behaves in a sensible practical way 见识，良好的判断
have the sense to do something (=behave in a sensible way and do what is best in that situation) 有做某事的常识，知道好歹
 You should have had the sense to turn off the electricity first.
你应该知道要先关掉电源这个常识。
there is no sense in (doing) something spoken (=it is not sensible to do something) （做）某事是没道理的
 There’s no sense in getting upset about it now.
现在没有必要为这件事苦恼。
see sense (=realize what is the sensible thing to do) 开始明白事理，变得明智起来
 I wish the politicians would see sense and stop the war.
我希望政客们能够变得明智一点，结束这场战争。
talk/knock some sense into somebody (=try to make someone behave in a more sensible way) 开导某人使其明智起来，让某人明白过来
→ common sense
5  make sense 
a) to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand 有意义，表述清晰，易于理解
 Read this and tell me if it makes sense.
读读这篇东西，告诉我通不通。
b) to be a sensible thing to do 是明智的，是合乎情理的
it makes sense (for somebody) to do something
 It makes sense to save money while you can.
钱能省就省，这是明智的做法。
 Would it make sense for the city authorities to further restrict parking?
市政当局进一步限制停车的做法是否合乎情理？
c) if something makes sense, there seems to be a good reason or explanation for it 解释得通，有道理
 Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn’t seem to make sense.
她为什么做那种事情？这似乎讲不通。
Examples from the Corpus
make sense• Strange to tell, even in an era of government downsizing it can make sense to build new federal office space.• As the people with formal authority, they were accountable for making sense of and integrating the varied agendas of their constituencies.• Stern made the deal because it made good business sense.• Read this and tell me if it makes sense.• On the whole, it made sense.• It makes sense to keep such information on file for quick reference.• It made sense for Sam to live nearer the college.• So it might make sense to pay off part of her mortgage.• It may not make sense to rebuild the houses damaged by the floods.• Everyone acknowledged that the recommendations made sense.• It doesn't make sense to drive if you can walk.• It just doesn't make sense to keep all these people on the payroll.• There are parts of the plan that simply don't make sense.• Both writing and speech require context to make sense of what might formally be ambiguous.• His arguments seem to make sense.• It would make sense for the parents to be involved in this discussion.• How do you make sense out of the many conflicting issues and statements about the political world that confront you each day?
6  make (some) sense of something UNDERSTANDto understand something, especially something difficult or complicated 理解[弄懂]某事物〔尤指困难或复杂的事物〕
Examples from the Corpus
make (some) sense of something• How can human beings in normal conversation makes sense of 5,000 words an hour of confusing, semi-organized information?• We do advise you to dig out the manual that came with your modem to help make sense of the relevant commands.• Both writing and speech require context to make sense of what might formally be ambiguous.• No wonder the new managers found it difficult to make sense of and define their new role.• It is not easy to make sense of the maze of facts and figures concerning the settlements.• This often happens when independent organizations seek to make sense of different providers offering the same service.• Evelyn stretched out on her back and stared into the dark, trying to make sense of the day's events.• They were arriving in their World Humanities class unable to make sense of a literary text.
7  [countableC] the meaning of a word, sentence, phrase etc 〔单词、句子、短语等的〕意义，意思
8  [countableC] a way in which something can be true or real 意义，含义，角度
9  your/her etc senses someone’s ability to think clearly and behave sensibly – used in some expressions when you think that someone has lost this ability 健全的心智，理智 用于某些表达法，表示某人失去理智〕
Examples from the Corpus
your/her etc senses• Use all your senses to find yourself there.• Paige could feel her heart beating like a trapped bird in her chest and her senses reeled.• Steel threaded through her muscles, and her senses became as sharp as a cat's.• It proved impossible; her senses were heightened to such a degree that she could hear every move he made.• But once you start to write, you are moonstruck, out of your senses..• His cheek brushed hers with a cathartic effect on her senses.• She could only pray that Dana had come to her senses and had left before they arrived at Garry's hide-out.• Until she comes to her senses, that is.
10  talk sense spoken to say things that are reasonable or sensible – often used when you think someone has just said something silly 说话要讲道理，别胡说
Examples from the Corpus
talk sense• Someone who could talk sense would get my vote, but most politicians don't.• A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.• I just want our politicians to talk sense for a change.• He had already tried to talk sense into Jotan, and had got nowhere.
11. regain your senses old-fashionedRECOVER/GET BETTER to stop feeling faint or slightly sick 恢复清醒的头脑，恢复精神
Examples from the Corpus
regain your senses• Doctor Robert Dexter sat forward quickly, sucking in a deep breath as he regained his senses.• Out in the fresh air, she quickly regained her senses.
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a feeling about something 〔对某事物的〕感觉
adjectives
a strong/great sense of something 强烈的…感
He had a strong sense of responsibility.
他责任感很强。
a real sense of something (=a strong feeling) 很强的…感
Children need to feel a real sense of belonging.
儿童需要有强烈的归属感。
a deep sense of something (=a very strong feeling) 深深的…感
He felt a deep sense of disappointment.
他感到深深的失望。
a growing sense of something (=becoming stronger) 越来越强烈的…感
nShe looked around with a growing sense of unease.
a vague/slight sense of something (=not very strong) 模糊的/些微的…感
nThere was a slight sense of embarrassment.
verbs
feel/have a sense of something 有…感
I felt a great sense of pride.
我感到非常自豪。
give somebody a sense of something 给予某人…感
The job gave her a sense of control over her life.
这个工作让她有了能够掌控自己生活的感觉。
nconvey a sense of something
We want to convey our sense of excitement to the audience.
phrases
a sense of relief/panic/guilt etc 轻松感/恐惧感/内疚感等
We reached the medical centre with a sense of relief.
到了医疗中心,我们感到如释重负。
a sense of purpose/direction (=a feeling that you know what you are trying to achieve) 〔人生的〕目标/方向
Becoming a mother had given her a new sense of purpose.
成为人母给了她新的人生目标。
a sense of urgency (=a feeling that something is urgent) 紧迫感
The rescuers felt a real sense of urgency now.
营救人员这时有了强烈的紧迫感。
a sense of responsibility/duty (=a feeling that you must do something because it is right) 责任感
Parents try to give their children a sense of responsibility.
家长试图培养孩子的责任感。
a sense of loss (=a feeling of sadness for someone or something you no longer have) 失落感
nMany women experience a sense of loss when their children leave home.
a sense of achievement/satisfaction (=a feeling that you have achieved something good) 成就感/满足感
nEven a small success gives a sense of achievement.
a sense of security (=a feeling that you are safe) 安全感
nA lack of trust in the parents can undermine the child's sense of security at home.
a false sense of security (=a feeling that you are safe, which is not actually true) 虚假的安全感
nThey were lulled into a false sense of security.
a sense of identity (=a feeling of knowing who you are and how you belong to a community) 认同感
nChange can threaten our fragile sense of identity.
a sense of belonging (=a feeling that you belong to a group) 归属感
nThe organization tries to foster a sense of belonging through these social events.
a sense of occasion (=a feeling that an event is special or important) 盛会的感觉,隆重的气氛
nIt was a marvellous day and there was a real sense of occasion.
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the ability to understand or judge something 理解力；判断力
nphrases
a sense of humour British EnglishBrE, a sense of humor American EnglishAmE (=the ability to laugh and enjoy things that are funny)
A good teacher needs a sense of humour.
a sense of fun (=the ability to enjoy yourself and make things fun)
What I liked about Maria was her sense of fun.
a sense of direction (=the ability to judge which way you should be going)
The place was completely dark and I lost all sense of direction.
a sense of proportion (=the ability to judge how important or unimportant something is)
It’s important to keep a sense of proportion.
a sense of timing (=the ability to choose the right moment to do or say something)
He told the story with an exquisite sense of timing.
a sense of justice/fairness
I appealed to her sense of justice.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sense
a good/great sense of something 强烈的…感
nHe is a popular boy with a good sense of humour.
a natural sense of something (=a natural ability) 小孩子都有一种天生的正义感。
nShe did not have a natural sense of direction.
na keen sense of something (=a good ability to judge something)
As a lawyer, he had a keen sense of the value of political connections.
dress/clothes sense (=an ability to choose clothes well) 着装感，对服装的鉴赏力
nHer dress sense was faultless.
nbusiness sense (=an ability to make good decisions in business)
Few young people have much business sense.
nverbs
have a sense of something
She seems to have a great sense of the right thing to say.
lose your sense of something
Come on! Have you lost your sense of humour?
lose all sense of something
He seemed to have lost all sense of proportion.
keep/retain a sense of something
Throughout it all she retained her sense of fun.
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: one of the five natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell, that give us information about the things around us 感官，感觉官能〔即视觉、听觉、触觉、味觉和嗅觉〕
phrases
na sense of smell/taste/touch etc
We lose some of the sense of taste as we get older.
the five senses 五种感官
nWe use all five senses to explore the world around us.
nadjectives
a good/keen/acute sense of something
Pigs have a keen sense of smell.
a poor sense of something
Owls and other predatory birds have a poor sense of smell.
nverbs
have a sense of something
You have to have a good sense of hearing to play the violin.
lose your sense of something
I think I’m losing my sense of smell.
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 8: a way in which something can be true or real 意义，含义，角度
phrases
nin a sense (also in one sense)
The results are not terribly surprising in one sense.
nin some sense (also in some senses)
George was perfectly right in some senses.
nin every sense
He is lucky in every sense.
nin no sense (=not at all)
This is in no sense a criticism.
nin a general/broad sense
In a general sense, a rapid rate of technological change creates uncertainty.
in a (very) real sense (=used to emphasise that a statement or description is true) 确实地，毫无疑问地
nThe truth is that in a very real sense most families in Britain are not poor.
nin a literal sense (=according to the actual or physical meaning of words)
I wasn't suggesting that in a literal sense.
Examples from the Corpus
sense• I never had a sense of abundance, of being able to splash out and enjoy myself.• This was tolerated as long as they did so out of a sense of liberation at being at home, i.e. through choice not force.• And as he does the room is almost thick with a sense of triumph.• I'm using the word "education" in its broadest sense here.• In the dictionary the different senses of each word are marked by numbers.• Through each sense, children not only react to the world, they also comprehend their world.• Although there were cousins in Los Angeles, too, the warm and sometimes overbearing sense of family was gone.• The notion of randomness is especially unclear, in the sense that it has never been defined in any consistent way.• The Western sense of security was shattered.
sense of• Employees get a real sense of satisfaction from helping customers.• The neighborhood has a real sense of community.
sense of humour• Maybe I'm losing my sense of humor but I didn't find it at all funny.• Mr Hardman was a popular teacher, renowned for his sense of humor.• I don't like people without a sense of humour, and he has lots.• In character he was kindly, genial, and modest, with an abundant sense of humour.• Jones also has a very self-deprecating sense of humour.• I like Ann - she has such a good sense of humour.• He had an infectious sense of humour, and recently scripted an amusing and satirical pantomime.• Meatball's sense of humour was fraying.• Quiet-spoken and deeply read, he is an instructive and entertaining conversationalist with a sardonic sense of humour.• There's a similar sense of humour and a dissimilar sense of space.• We will miss her friendly smile, sense of humour, wit, and conversation.
sense of smell/taste/touch etc• You should share a sense of taste, and approach to life.• A super-efficient sense of smell is no longer vital to our existence.• We do not have a very good sense of smell, and as a result we are often tactless when handling animals.• They lose their keen sense of smell and direction when the wind picks up like this.• Millions of years of evolution have equipped us to delicately manipulate our environment through our sense of touch.• Hence, the blind person may develop a superb sense of smell or highly sensitive hearing.• The first reasonably reliable and convincing learning task for Drosophila involved training them using just this sense of smell.
have the sense to do something• If the adventurers have the sense to give Halfling comrades a piggy-back ride, award a few extra EPs.• You didn't even have the sense to use a false name.• I have the sense to choose nutritious, healthy food, and I am lasting pretty well.• The adventurers will presumably have the sense to avoid these.• Or perhaps they would have the sense to be washing their hair when Esquire phones to ask them out.• You have the sense to realise that taking out your anger on him is not the answer and will threaten your relationship.
in no sense• They are in no sense wards of the state.• This says that a member can defend itself, but in no sense does it endorse a prolonged campaign of counter-attack.• But in no sense can that be true.• Primarily a political tract, it can in no sense be regarded as an empirical analysis of society.• Social Security is in no sense an insurance program.• Probation should in no sense be seen as a soft option by the judiciary.• It was in no sense a revival of the political dissent symbolised by Cromwellian puritanism.• Philosophy and religion Locke and the sense of sight Locke's philistinism was in no sense an aberration.
sense2 ●●○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  KNOW somethingif you sense something, you feel that it exists or is true, without being told or having proof 感觉到，意识到
2  FINDif a machine senses something, it discovers and records it 〔机器〕检测并记录
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: if a machine senses something, it discovers and records it 〔机器〕检测并记录
nouns
sense danger
He stiffened, sensing danger.
sense trouble
The other women, sensing trouble, immediately began to edge away.
sense the tension
I could sense the tension in the court as the jury returned.
sense somebody’s presence (=be aware that someone is there)
He sensed her presence, but didn’t look at her.
sense somebody’s fear/excitement/reluctance etc
Luke paused and she sensed his reluctance to continue.
sense somebody’s mood (=be aware of how someone is feeling)
He instinctively sensed her mood and changed the subject.
Examples from the Corpus
sense• There are times you get the impression Bulls coach Phil Jackson is tuned into some cosmic wavelength that only he can sense.• From the mid-eighties onwards, I sensed a change in the cultural scene.• Once, he had sensed a presence following him on the trail.• When he finally got there, when he walked through the town, he sensed a tension amongst those who saw him.• We could sense an unwelcoming atmosphere.• They have sensed, as the layman does not, the damage to established ideas which lurks in these relationships.• She sensed his impatience and tried to hurry.• This new dishwasher senses how many dishes are loaded and sets itself accordingly.• I wasn't that thrilled with her performance, and I'm sure she sensed it.• After a while, I sensed that he was no longer listening.• I sensed that she loved her little girl a great deal but was feeling hopelessly lost about how to cope with her.• David sensed the urge to plant his lips on hers immediately and bite into the yielding flesh.
sense (that)• Politically, though, it makes sense.• Atlanta is heaven, perhaps not in the strictest Baptist sense, for the young and eager of the region.• Chopra could sense ghosts drifting around the castle.• Which, in a sense is true.• I learned he had the same goofy sense of humor I was cursed with.• Anyway, he pointed out, by and large Hindus have a sense of humour.• One wishes to see the entire full-length feature, to get a more complete sense of their lives.• The laughter faded away, leaving me with a sense of unease.• Fanny sensed that the Mansfield family needed her help.
Origin sense1
(1300-1400) Old French sens, from Latin sensus, from sentire “to feel”
sense1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →COLLOCATIONS2
→COLLOCATIONS3 →COLLOCATIONS4sense2 verb →n COLLOCATIONS1
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