sense1/sɛns; sens/n 1 [singular 单数] a feeling about something 感觉: +of I felt a great sense of relief. 我感到如释重负。She has a strong sense of loyalty. 她有很强的忠诚感。2 [singular 单数] the ability to judge or understand something 判断力﹔理解力: sense of humour BrE 【英】/sense of humor AmE 【美】(=the ability to understand and enjoy things that are funny) 幽默感 She has a really good sense of humour . 她的幽默感极佳。sense of direction (=the ability to judge which way you should be going) 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。She has excellent business sense . 她很有生意头脑。dress/clothes sense (=the ability to judge what clothes look good) 着装感﹐对衣着的品味3 [C] one of the five physical abilities of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell 感官﹐感觉官能〔指视﹑听﹑触﹑味﹑嗅五种感觉官能〕: sense of smell/taste/touch etc Dogs have a good sense of smell. 狗的嗅觉很好。4 [U] 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 sth (=do the thing that is most sensible) 做事情时有良好的判断 She had the sense to call the police. 她很有脑子﹐给警方打了电话。Have some sense (=be sensible). We can’t possibly have a picnic in this rain. 理智点吧﹐下这样的雨我们是不可能去野餐的。there is no sense in (doing) sth spoken (=it is not sensible to do something)【口】(做)某事是没道理的 There's no sense in getting upset. 生气是完全没必要的。5 make sensea) to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand 表述清楚﹐易于理解: Read this and tell me if it makes sense. 读一读这篇东西﹐告诉我通不通。b) to be a sensible thing to do 是明智的﹔合乎情理: it makes sense (for sb) to do sth It would make sense to leave early, so that we miss the traffic. 早点出门是明智的﹐这样我们可以避开交通拥塞。c) if something makes sense, there seems to be a good reason for it 有道理﹐讲得通: Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn’t make sense. 她怎么做那种事? 没道理呀。6 make (some) sense of sth to understand something difficult 弄懂〔困难或复杂的〕事情: Can you make sense of the instructions? 你看得懂这用法说明吗?7 [C] the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence etc〔单词﹑短语﹑句子等的〕意义﹐意思: The word ‘bank’ has two main senses. “bank” 一词有两个主要的意思。8 [C] a way in which something can be true or real 意义﹐角度: What he says is right in a sense (=in one way, but not every way). 他说的从某种意义上来讲是对的。9 come to your senses to start to think clearly and behave sensibly 明白过来﹐醒悟过来: One day he’ll come to his senses and realize what a fool he's been. 总有一天他会明白过来自己有多傻。COMMON SENSE, SIXTH SENSE
sense2v [T] to feel or know something without being told 感觉到﹐意识到: I could sense that something was wrong. 我意识到有什么不对劲。Cats can sense danger . 猫能够觉察到危险。