| 英语单词 | sensible |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['sensəbl] 美 ['sensəbl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.明智的;合情理的;可觉察的;实际的 n.可感知物 |
| 英语例句 | (1) To wink at rudeness in children is not sensible. (2) That sounds very sensible to me. (3) Saving your presence, I don't think the suggestion is very sensible. (4) It was a sensible idea, I felt. (5) The world of dreams is our real world whilst we are sleeping because our attention then lapses from the sensible world. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 对小孩粗鲁的行为视若无睹是不明智的。 (2) 我觉得这很合理。 (3) 请恕我直言,我认为这个建议不太合情理。 (4) 我觉得这是切合实际的想法。 (5) 在睡眠中梦见的世界便是我们的真实世界,因为那时我们的注意力已从可感知世界转移开。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Sensible means practical and reasonable. If you're wearing sensible shoes, they're sturdy, comfortable, good for walking, and your feet don't hurt. If you're a sensible person, you're level-headed and calm, and you make wise decisions. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Sensible may not sound exciting — who wants to be like a pair of galoshes, when you can be stilettos? But sensible is the voice of reason, and when you're tooling along in your convertible, you'll be grateful for the sensible 15-mile-per-hour speed limit posted at that sharp turn where the road drops off into the canyon. Sensible comes from the Latin sensibilis, meaning "perceptible by the senses," a meaning that eventually evolved into "having good sense, reasonable." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为或决定)明智的,理智的,合理的 Sensible actions or decisions are good because they are based on reasons rather than emotions. [oft
sensibly
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)明智的,理智的,通情达理的 Sensible people behave in a sensible way. [oft ADJ
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](衣服、鞋子)耐用的,朴素而实用的 Sensible shoes or clothes are practical and strong rather than fashionable and attractive. [usu ADJ n]
sensibly
Usage Note : Take care not to confuse sensible and sensitive. You do not use sensible to describe someone whose feelings or emotions are strongly affected by their experiences. The word you need is sensitive. ...a highly sensitive artist. 注意不要混淆 sensible 和 sensitive。描述某人的情绪或感情会受其经历强烈影响时用sensitive,不用sensible:a highly sensitive artist (极其敏感的艺术家)。 |
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