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  • Conjugation : past  sensed ; ing  sensing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sense [sεns]
  1. 1. noun [of sight] [ smell] [ taste etc] 感觉官能
    the five senses
    5种感觉官能
    a keen sense of smell
    嗅觉灵敏
  2. 2. noun [of guilt] [ shame etc] (feeling) 感觉
    I was overcome by a sense of failure.
    我被失败感所压倒
  3. 3. noun [u] (good sense) 明智
  4. 4. noun [c] [of word] (meaning) 释义
    a noun which has two senses
    一个有两种释义名词
  5. 5. vt. (become aware of) 觉察
    to have the sense to do sth
    明智地做某事
    They sometimes have the sense to seek help.
    他们有时明智知道求助
    it makes sense
    讲得通
  6. 6. vt. (is sensible) 合情合理
    there is no sense in doing that
    那么做是不明智的
    to come to one's senses
    恢复理智
    to take leave of one's senses
    发疯
    to talk sense
    说话道理
    to make sense of sth
    理解某事
    in a sense
    从某种意义上说
    to sense that...
    察觉到
    He sensed that she did not like him.
    察觉到不喜欢他。

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sense [sens]
  1. 1. n.[c] 感觉
    He must feel an enormous sense of isolation, of being let down.
    一定有一种强烈的孤立的出卖感觉
  2. 2. n.[c] 含义意思
    The teacher asked her to distinguish three different meanings of the word.
    老师让她区分这个单词的三种不同意思
    The dictionary gave several senses for the word.
    字典列出那个词的多种意义
    In the best sense charity is really a duty.
    最高意义而言慈善实际上是一种义务
  3. 3. n.[c] 感官官能
    Our sense of smell is connected really well to our memory.
    我们嗅觉我们记忆很好联系在一起
    In the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing.
    黑暗中,他不得不依赖触摸以及嗅觉听觉
  4. 4. n.[u] 智慧常识
    Her common sense told her not to do it, but she did it anyway.
    她的常识告诉不要这样做,但无论如何还是做了。
    He hasn't got the sense god gave little green apples.
    他还没有获得常识上帝给的青苹果不够多。
  5. 5. n.[c] 辨别力,鉴赏力,判断力
    Our sense of the true and the false is too easily deceived and manipulated.
    我们正确错误的判断容易蒙蔽利用
  6. 6. n.[c] 理智理性
    Her exhibition caused a sensation in the art world.
    她的展览艺术界引起轩然大波
  7. 7. n.[u] 意义目的所在
    A life in art began to make real sense.
    充满艺术的生活开始呈现真正意义
  8. 8. noun 观念意识
  9. 9. vt. 感觉觉得
    She sensed the warmth of his skin close to hers.
    感觉到逐渐靠近体温
  10. 10. vt. 检测到,探测出
    I think we both sensed almost immediately that he was lying.
    我想我们几乎立刻发现了他在说谎
    This robot can sense the presence of people in the room.
    这个机器人感知房间中人存在
  11. 11. vt. 感受到,察觉到
    The rest of my colleagues also sensed my unhappiness.
    其余同事察觉到我的不快
    I sense his hostility.
    我能感到他的敌意
  12. 12. vt. 领悟理解
    I sensed the real meaning of his letter.
    体会到了这封信的真正含义

Collins English-English Dictionary

sense [sεns]
  1. 1. n any of the faculties by which the mind receives information about the external world or about the state of the body. In addition to the five traditional faculties of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, the term includes the means by which bodily position, temperature, pain, balance, etc, are perceived
  2. 2. n such faculties collectively; the ability to perceive
  3. 3. n a feeling perceived through one of the senses
    a sense of warmth
  4. 4. n a mental perception or awareness
    a sense of happiness
  5. 5. n moral discernment; understanding
    a sense of right and wrong
  6. 6. n [sometimes plural] sound practical judgment or intelligence
    he is a man without any sense
  7. 7. n reason or purpose
    what is the sense of going out in the rain?
  8. 8. n substance or gist; meaning
    what is the sense of this proverb?
  9. 9. n specific meaning; definition
    in what sense are you using the word?
  10. 10. n an opinion or consensus
  11. 11. n [maths] one of two opposite directions measured on a directed line; the sign as contrasted with the magnitude of a vector
  12. 12. n [logic] [linguistics] the import of an expression as contrasted with its referent. Thus the morning star and the evening star have the same reference, Venus, but different senses
  13. 13. n the property of an expression by virtue of which its referent is determined
  14. 14. n that which one grasps in understanding an expression
  15. 15. n take leave of one's senses - See leave
  16. 16. vt. [tr] to perceive through one or more of the senses
  17. 17. vt. to apprehend or detect without or in advance of the evidence of the senses
  18. 18. vt. to understand
  19. 19. vt. [computing] to test or locate the position of (a part of computer hardware)
  20. 20. vt. to read (data)
  21. 21. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Latin sensus, from sentire to feel

Examples

a sense of locality
方向感;辨识方向的能力
pound sense into him
向他灌输理智
a rarefied sense of humor
高超的幽默感
the sixth sense
第六感,直觉
Do plants have sense?
植物有感觉吗?

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