We're failing. We're failing, failed to a sense that we have let everyone down, including ourselves.

——Detachment

我們正在墜落。 我們正在墜落，沒有意識(shí)到我們讓每個(gè)人都失望，包括我們自己。

——《超脫》

一、你知道sense有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.感官；官能 [C]?one of the five powers (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) that your body uses to get information about the world around you

There is several verb relating to the five senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch.

有幾個(gè)動(dòng)詞與視覺、 嗅覺、 聽覺、 味覺、 觸覺這五種感官有關(guān)。

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2.感覺；意識(shí)；觀念(+of)(+that)?a feeling about sth

I have a sense of fatigue and hunger.

我有一種疲勞和饑餓的感覺。

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3.智慧；見識(shí) [U]?good understanding and judgement

Men of courage, men of sense, and men of letters are frequent, but a true gentleman is what one seldom seen.

有勇氣，有見識(shí)，有學(xué)問的人易遇，可是真正的君子難逢。

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4.辨別力，判斷(+of) [U]?an understanding about sth; an ability to judge sth

When that doesn't work they sometimes have the sense to seek help.

那種方法不奏效的時(shí)候，他們有時(shí)會(huì)想到要尋求幫助。

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5.意義；意思 [C]?the meaning that a word or phrase has

The sense of the word is not clear.

這個(gè)詞的意義不明確。

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v.

1.感覺到，意識(shí)到(+that)(+wh-) [T]?to become aware of sth even though you cannot see it, hear it, etc.

They put on the agony to intensify the sense of danger and responsibility.

為了使人們思想上更加感覺到它的危險(xiǎn)性和責(zé)任感，他們把它描述得過分痛苦。

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2.（機(jī)器等）檢測，測出 [T]?to discover and record sth

Other instruments sense a stone's photoluminescence in laser light.

其他儀器則是檢測寶石在雷射照射之下發(fā)出的冷光。

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3.了解，領(lǐng)會(huì) [T]?to be or become conscious of

I had a due sense of his kindness.

我對(duì)他的關(guān)懷十分了解。

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些單詞能表示“含義、意思”的意思呢？

meaning, implication, sense

這些名詞均含有“含義，意義，意思”之意。

meaning普通用詞，使用廣泛。既可指語言表達(dá)的意思，又可指手勢、符號(hào)、表情或藝術(shù)品或抽象概念所含的意義。

implication指暗含的意思。

sense特指詞、短語或句子的某種特定意思。也常指多種解釋的一種。

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三、下面我們來學(xué)習(xí)一下含有sense的常見短語

common sense

n.[U]常識(shí)(尤指判斷力)

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good sense

n.判斷力強(qiáng)

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in a sense

adv.在某種意義上

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make sense

1. 合理，可行 2. 有意義，說得通

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road sense

n. 路上安全操縱能力，駕駛技術(shù) 行車感覺，駕駛員的路感，行車判斷能力；安全行車本領(lǐng)

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四、最后，來做個(gè)小測試吧

It is like the _____ of chill that follows immersion of the hand in a volatile liquid.

這很像把手浸入揮發(fā)性液體后的那種涼颼颼的感覺。