| 单词 | to make sense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make sense b. to make sense. extracted from sensen. (a) With written or spoken language as subject: to be coherent or intelligible. Formerly also in the same sense: †to have (also give) sense. In later use also with a person as subject: to speak in a manner that is coherent or intelligible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > be intelligible [verb (intransitive)] to make sense1554 connect1753 it (or that) figures1854 click1916 to add up1942 jive1943 1554 J. Gwynneth Manifeste Detection of Notable Falshed f. 27 This worde..muste nedes bee referred to somewhat, before or after, or els it can haue no sence. 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 867 His argumente hathe no sense nor sequele. 1648 C. Dallison Royalist's Def. iii. 38 Meaning (if their words have any sense) that by their prevailing against the King in that war, God hath judged the cause for them. 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xiv. 538 This, to make any Sense, must signify that [etc.]. 1846 ‘G. Eliot’ tr. D. F. Strauss Life Jesus I. Introd. 6 He was of opinion that the literal interpretation either gave no sense at all, or else a perverted sense. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent 264 In the first authentic edition..the words, I believe, ran, ‘and a table of green fields’, which has no sense. 1910 J. Sargeaunt Poems J. Dryden p. xxiii This is the only reading that gives any sense. 1953 Collier's 27 Nov. 65/1 Scat didn't know if he made sense, but he gave it everything he had. 1970 Princeton Alumni Weekly 15 Dec. 45/2 When somebody says something that doesn't make sense, he doesn't just cut him off. 2000 D. Steel Wedding iii. 50 She was whispering into the phone, and she was so scared she hardly made sense. (b) In extended use: to be intelligible or comprehensible, esp. in the context of pre-existing knowledge or expectations. Frequently in negative constructions, and with non-referential it as subject. ΚΠ 1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread i. 20 ‘I don't understand,’ she said; ‘it doesn't make sense.’... ‘The meaning is quite clear,—Lilia is engaged to be married.’ 1936 Punch 12 Feb. 170/2 It can't be right, it can't be. Spats and a bowler-hat, but no umbrella—it doesn't make sense. 1968 U. Molinaro tr. H. Hesse Narcissus & Goldmund vi. 78 Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense. 1986 R. F. Winans Trading Secrets ii. 32 It was all starting to make sense to me. 2014 L. Lalami Moor's Acct. i. 11 This made no sense to me, yet I remained silent. (c) To be sensible, advisable, or viable, esp. as course of action. Frequently with it as subject and followed by to. Also followed by as. See to make (good, poor, etc.) —— sense at Phrases 1h. ΚΠ 1931 Time 15 June 24/2 He would never undertake the ‘Christian’ daily unless it made sense as a newspaper. 1937 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 117/1 It makes sense to have half the length ground straight. 1969 N.Y. Mag. 10 Feb. 45/2 Levine explained patiently that it didn't make sense to buy plastic in small quantities. 1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 9/2 When my son Thomas..started taking solids, it made sense to buy a bowl which stuck to his highchair. 2006 Foreign Affairs Mar. 2 Such a policy might have made sense in Vietnam. < as lemmas |
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