单词 | good sense |
释义 | good sensen. The ability to make sound judgements and sensible decisions, esp. about practical matters arising in everyday life. Cf. common sense n. 4b, sense n. 11. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 ?1562 W. Ward tr. R. Roussat Most Excellent Bk. Doctour & Astrologien Arcandam sig. P.jv They that wagge and remoue often theyr Eyelyddes, bee fearefull, and wythoute good sence or wytte [Fr. sont craintifs & priués de leur bon sens]. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 489 They wander out of the path of reason, are destitute of all good sence [Fr. despourueuz de bon sens], and are vnworthie that women should haue conceiued them. 1616 T. Beard Retractiue from Romish Relig. v. 128 So may any of good sense rightly suspect that religion to bee both light, and counterfet, which refuseth to be examined by the rule of Gods word. 1688 Marquis of Halifax Lady's New-years Gift 48 Naturally good Sence hath a mixture of surly in't. 1739 W. Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. (1763) 240 Good-sense is something very distinct from knowledge. 1771 S. Neville Diary 13 Sept. (1950) vi. 114 She seems rather too fond of London & its diversions but shows her goodsense in liking a Play best. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 299 I had the good sense to take things as I found them. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 364/2 Occasion was again given to Frederic William to show his good sense and self-command. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xi. 121 You have shown the good sense, too, to realize that beauty is only skin deep. 2000 K. Shamsie Salt & Saffron (2001) v. 45 A once important family which had the good sense to ingratiate itself with the Mughals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1562 |
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