sense/sens/

n

1. U，用作单 （对某种事物的）辨别力；见识

• She's a person with no sense of direction. 她是个没有方向感的人。

• He has no sense of beauty. 他毫无审美观。

2. C 感觉，感受

• I have a sense of security in his arms. 在他怀里我有一种安全感。

• She had the sense that she would lose her job. 她有一种会丢掉工作的感觉。

3. C (人和动物的)感觉官能

• the five senses 五种官能

• The dog has a keen sense of smell. 狗的嗅觉很灵敏。

4. C 意义；意思

• You misunderstood the sense of his words. 你误会了他的话的意思。

• a word with several senses 一个有几种意思的词

5. U 道理；目的

• What's the sense of doing that? 要做那件事的目的何在呢？

6. [～s] 正常的思维能力；健全的心智

• lose one's senses 失去理智

词组bring sb. to his senses

1. 使某人不再做傻事

• I hope the failure will bring her to her senses. 我希望这次失败会使她明白过来。

2. 使某人苏醒过来

• They threw cold water on his face to bring him to his senses. 他们在他脸上浇凉水使他醒过来。

come to one's senses

1. 恢复理性，醒悟过来

• Finally he came to his senses and let the hostage go. 最后他恢复了理智，释放了人质。

• One day you'll come to your senses and see what you've done is wrong. 有一天你会明白，你所做的一切都是错的。

2. 苏醒过来

• After the rescue she came to her senses. 经过抢救她终于苏醒了。

in a (或one) sense 在某种意义上

• He's right in a sense. 在某种意义上，他是对的。

in all senses 从任何意义上说 in every sense (of the word) 从任何意义上说

• He's a gentleman in every sense of the word. 他确实是个绅士。

in no sense 决不

• The boy is in no sense stupid. 这个男孩子一点都不傻。

make sense

1. 有意义，有道理，讲得通

• This sentence doesn't make any sense. 这句话根本读不通。

2. 非正式 合理的，明智的

• It makes sense to save time. 珍惜时间是明智的。

• This proposal made sense. 这个建议很合理。

make sense of 弄懂，(理解)…的意义

• Can you make sense of this word？ 你理解这个词的意思吗？

stand to sense 合乎情理 talk sense 非正式 说话有理

• Talk sense--what you're suggesting is impossible. 说话要有道理，你的建议不可行。