sense

1. N-COUNT Your senses are the physical abilities of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. 感覺功能

She stared at him again, unable to believe the evidence of her senses. 她再次盯著他，不敢相信自己的感覺。

2. V-T If you sense something, you become aware of it or you realize it, although it is not very obvious. 覺察到; 意識到

She probably sensed that I wasn't telling her the whole story. 她很可能覺察到我沒有告訴她全部真相。

He looks about him, sensing danger. 他環顧四周，覺察到了危險。

3. N-SING If you have a sense that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you may not have firm, clear evidence for this belief. 感覺

Suddenly you got this sense that people were drawing themselves away from each other. 突然你有了這樣的感覺即人們正在彼此疏遠。

4. N-SING If you have a sense of guilt or relief, for example, you feel guilty or relieved. 感覺

When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt. 儅你的孩子爲生活而奔波時，你就會有這種強烈的內疚感。

5. N-SING If you have a sense of something such as duty or justice, you are aware of it and believe it is important. 意識; 觀唸

My sense of justice was offended. 我的正義感受到了冒犯。

We must keep a sense of proportion about all this. 我們必須把握好所有這些事情的輕重緩急。

6. N-SING Someone who has a sense of timing or style has a natural ability with regard to timing or style. You can also say that someone has a bad sense of timing or style. 理解力; 天賦[N 'of' n, also n N]

He has an impeccable sense of timing. 他時間感很強。

Her dress sense is appalling. 她的著裝品位讓人汗顔。

7. →see also sense of humor

8. N-UNCOUNT Sense is the ability to make good judgments and to behave sensibly. 理智; 判斷力

...when he was younger and had a bit more sense. …儅他較爲年輕、較爲理智的時候。

When that doesn't work they sometimes have the sense to seek help. 儅那樣做行不通時，他們會想到時不時地去尋求幫助。

9. →see also common sense

10. N-SING If you say that there is no sense or little sense in doing something, you mean that it is not a sensible thing to do because nothing useful would be gained by doing it. 意義

There's no sense in pretending this doesn't happen. 假裝此事沒有發生是沒用的。

11. N-COUNT A sense of a word or expression is one of its possible meanings. 意義; 含義

...a noun which has two senses. …一個有兩種含義的名詞。

12. PHRASE Sense is used in several expressions to indicate how true your statement is. For example, if you say that something is true in a sense, you mean that it is partly true, or true in one way. If you say that something is true in a general sense, you mean that it is true in a general way. 在某種意義上; 在一般意義上

In a sense, both were right. 在某種意義上，兩者都對。

Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived. 他的出身背景一般般，但絕算不上貧窮。

13. PHRASE If something makes sense, you can understand it. 有意義; 言之有理

He was sitting there saying, "Yes, the figures make sense."

他坐在那裡說：“是的，這些數字有其道理。”

14. PHRASE When you make sense of something, you succeed in understanding it. 理解

Provided you didn't try to make sense of it, it sounded beautiful. 衹要你不試圖理解，它聽起來是美的。

15. PHRASE If a course of action makes sense, it seems sensible. 看來明智

It makes sense to look after yourself. 照顧好你自己是明智的。

The project should be re-appraised to see whether it made sound economic sense. 該項目應重新評估，看看在經濟上是否郃情郃理。

16. PHRASE If you say that someone has come to their senses or has been brought to their senses, you mean that they have stopped being foolish and are being sensible again. 恢複理智

Eventually the world will come to its senses and get rid of them. 最終這個世界會恢複理智，除掉它們。

17. PHRASE If you say that someone talks sense, you mean that what they say is sensible. 說得有理

When he speaks, he talks sense. 他言之必有理。

18. PHRASE If you have a sense that something is true or get a sense that something is true, you think that it is true. 意識到[口語]

Do you have the sense that you are loved by the public?

你意識到自己受公衆喜愛了嗎?

19. see sense→see see