/sens ||; sɛns/noun1 [U] the ability to think or act in a reasonable or sensible way; good judgement 理智；理性；良好的判断力: At least he had the sense to stop when he realized he was making a mistake. 他知道自己犯错后，至少懂得不继续下去。I think there's a lot of sense in what you're saying. 我觉得你的话很有道理。 ☞Look at common sense. 参看common sense。
2 [U] [sing] the ability to understand sth; the ability to recognize what sth is or what its value is 理解力；辨别力；领悟力: She seems to have lost all sense of reality. 她似乎丧失了所有辨认现实的能力。 [sing] I like him -- he's got a great sense of humour. 我喜欢他─他很有幽默感。I'm always getting lost. I've got absolutely no sense of direction. 由于我全无方向感，所以我老是迷路。
3 [U] sense (in doing sth) the reason for doing sth; purpose 做某事的理由；目的: There's no sense in going any further -- we're obviously lost. 再往前走也是徒然，我们显然迷路了。 What's the sense in making things more difficult for yourself? 你为什么要跟自己过不去？
4 [U] [sing] a natural ability to do or produce sth well 天生的能力；天赋的才能: Good business sense made her a millionaire. 卓越的经商能力使她成为百万富翁。He's got absolutely no dress sense (= he dresses very badly). 他全无衣着品味。
5 [sing] a feeling or consciousness of sth 感觉；意识: I felt a tremendous sense of relief when the exams were finally over. 考试终于结束，我感到如释重负。She only visits her family out of a sense of duty. 她只是出于责任感才探访她的家人。
6 [C] one of the five natural physical powers of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, that people and animals have （人或动物的）五种官能之一（五种官能是视觉、听觉、嗅觉、味觉及触觉）: I've got a cold and I've lost my sense of smell. 我患了感冒，闻不出味道。Dogs have an acute sense of hearing. 狗的听觉很灵敏。
7 [C] (used about a word, phrase, etc) a meaning （指词、短语等）意义，意思: This word has two senses. 这个词有两种意思。
come to your senses to finally realize that you should do sth because it is the most sensible thing to do 恢复理性；醒悟过来
in a sense in one particular way but not in other ways; partly 从某个角度看；在某种意义上:
In a sense you're right, but there's more to the matter than that. 你在某种意义上是对的，但事情并不就这样简单。 make sense 1 to be possible to understand; to have a clear meaning 说得通；有意义: What does this sentence mean? It doesn't make sense to me. 这个句子是什么意思？在我看来根本不通。
2 (used about an action) to be sensible or logical （指行动）合理，明智，合乎逻辑: I think it would make sense to wait for a while before making a decision. 我认为先等一会再做决定才是明智的做法。
make sense of sth to manage to understand sth that is not clear or is difficult to understand 理解，明白，弄懂（含糊或难懂的事物）:
I can't make sense of these instructions. 我看不懂这些用法说明。 talk sense→
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