n (1)感官之官能(one of the five powers by which a person，animal，etc feels or notices)[C]：a～of hearing/sight/touch听/视/触觉;have no～of smell没嗅觉;have a keen/fine/dull～of smell 嗅觉灵敏/良好/迟钝;I've lost my～of taste.我失去了味觉。Food and wine are pleasures of the～s.食物和酒可以给人带来感官享受。～organs 感觉器官;

〖同〗function，feeling，sensation;

(2)理解，识别，领会(ability to appreciate，understand or feel some quality)[U，a～][N(of)]：a～of humour/honour/inferiority/beauty幽默/荣誉/自卑/审美感;a～of the ridiculous对可笑之事的领会;a～of the absurd 对荒唐之事的识别力;a man with business～有生意眼光的人;a girl with musical～有音乐欣赏水平的姑娘;a～of values价值观;have a poor～of direction方向感差;He has a crazy but harmless～of fun. 他非常爱开玩笑，但都无恶意。Have you got enough～to see that he is trying to cheat you? 你看没看出他在试图欺骗你?〖同〗appreciation，understanding;

(3)觉察(悟)，意识(awareness or a feeling of sth;realization)[U，a～][N (of)]：a～of shame/guilt/justice/safety/responsibility羞耻/负罪/正义/安全/责任感;feel a～of security somewhere 在某处感到安全;regain a～of one's own importance重新感到自己的重要性;a～of one's own worth 个人价值的意识;We must keep～of proportion about all this.我们必须对这一切区别轻重缓急。〖同〗sensation，consciousness;

(4)思维能力，理智(normal ability to think，normal state of mind)[pl]：lose one's～失去理智;recover one's～恢复思维;regain one's～s 重获知觉;take leave of one's～s 发疯;be in one's～神志清醒;be out of one's～神智不清醒;You are quite out of your～s.你完全失去理智。

(5)道理，合理性(sth that is sound or reasonable)[U]：What's the～of doing that?做那件事有什么用? Where's the～in learning Latin? 学习拉丁语的意义在那里呢? There is no～in worrying. 忧虑是毫无意义的。There is little～in waiting any longer. 再等下去没有多大意义。There is some～in what he says.他说的有一定的道理。〖同〗point，worth;〖反〗nonsense;

(6)见(常)识，智慧(practical understanding or ability to make reasonable judgement，wisdom)[U]：a man of～有见识的人;have plenty of～富有见识;have more～than to do such a foolish thing很明智，不做这样的傻事;have enough～to keep out of foolish quarrels完全明白不能卷入愚蠢的争吵;

(7)(词语等的)意义(思)，含义(any of the possible meanings of a word or phrase)[C]：a noun with two～s 有两个字义的名词;a real～of that word那个词的真正含义;What is the～of this passage/his statement?这段文章/他的话是什么意思? a word in its literal/figurative/broadest～词的字面/比喻/最广义含义;The packaging is green—in both～es of the word. 从这个词的两重意义上讲，这个包装物都是绿色的。〖同〗meaning，signification;

(8)(集体的)普遍感觉，意向(见)(general feeling or attitude of a group)[C，the～][N(of)](fml)：take the～of a meeting了解与会者的意向;The～of the assembly was clear.大会的意向很明确。〖同〗impression，atmosphere;

bring sb to his senses/come to one's senses 1) (使)醒悟：Time (A month in prison)will bring you to your～es.时光流逝(一个月的监禁)会使你恢复理性。2) (使)苏醒：She came to her～es in hospital.她是在医院里醒过来的。

in a sense从某种意义上说：I think he may be right in a～.我认为在某种意义上说，他可能是正确的。

make sense 1)讲得通，有意义：A sentence must make～.句子必须有意义。2)是合情理(明智)的：Does it make～to let little children play with matches? 让小孩玩火柴有道理吗?

make sense of sth理解;弄懂……的意思：I've read the letter twice，but I can't make any～of it.这封信我看了两遍，不过还是没看懂信中的意思。

a sense of occasion在某种场合产生的某种感觉：The decorations，flowers and crowd gave the town a real～of occasion.装饰、鲜花、人群使这个城市有真正节日的气氛。

a sixth sense第六感觉，直觉：A sixth～told him that he was being followed.第六感觉告诉他，自己被人跟踪了。

→′senseless adj 无意义的，愚蠢的;无知觉的;′sensory adj 感觉官能的，感受的;′sensual adj 肉体上享乐的;′sensitive adj敏感的;

vt(1)意识到，感觉(觉察)到(become aware of without knowing clearly why or how)[T+n，T+that，T+wh]：～sb's danger/sb's anger/sb's disapproval/sb's difficulty察觉到某人有危险/某人生气了/某人不同意/某人有困难;～the approaching disaster/the tension in the conference room意识到灾难降临/会议室里的紧张气氛;～(that) someone was approaching/mother disapproved感觉到有人走近了/母亲不同意;Could you～what was likely to happen? 你没察觉到可能会发生什么事吗?〖同〗feel;〖反〗neglect;

(2)机器，仪器等检测((of a machine，etc) detect automatically)[T+n]：～the presence of poisonous gases/the smoke in the room检测出有毒气/房内的烟雾;〖同〗detect;〖反〗miss;

→sen′sation n;′sensible adj;

【辨异】sense与 meaning和significance的区别见 MEANING。