sensible

adjective

/ˈsensəbl/

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(of people and their behaviour) able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion; practical
- She's a sensible sort of person.
- I think that's a very sensible idea.
- I think the sensible thing would be to take a taxi home.
- Say something sensible.
- a sensible approach/decision/solution/option
- Diplomacy is the only sensible way to resolve this dispute.
- This is an eminently sensible approach.
- sensible about something We have to be sensible about this.
- We are just asking people to be sensible about the amount of water they use.
- it is sensible to do something It is sensible to have contingency plans in place.
- it is sensible for somebody to do something It would be sensible for the government to take precautionary measures.
Which Word? sensible / sensitive
sensible / sensitiveSensible and sensitive are connected with two different meanings of sense.
- Sensible refers to your ability to make good judgements:
  She gave me some very sensible advice.
  It wasn’t very sensible to go out on your own so late at night.
- Sensitive refers to how easily you react to things and how much you are aware of things or other people:
  a soap for sensitive skin
  This movie may upset a sensitive child.
Extra Examples
- Ben's usually pretty sensible.
- I wish you'd be sensible for once!
- She was a sensible little girl, and would never get into a car with a stranger.
- That wasn't a very sensible thing to do!
- In the state I was in, this seemed a perfectly sensible remark.
- That advice sounds sensible enough.
- This approach seems very sensible to me.
- Choose a sensible diet and stick to it.
Topics Personal qualitiesb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
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- seem
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adverb
- extremely
- fairly
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See full entry
(of clothes, etc.) useful rather than fashionable
- sensible shoes
(formal or literary) aware of something
- I am sensible of the fact that mathematics is not a popular subject.
opposite insensible Use silly (sense 1) or impractical (senses 1 and 2) as the opposite for the other senses.
More Like This Words that look like opposites, but aren’t
Words that look like opposites, but aren’t
- different / indifferent
- interested / disinterested
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- flammable / inflammable
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Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘perceptible by the senses’): from Old French, or from Latin sensibilis, from sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’.

单词	sensible
释义	sensible adjective /ˈsensəbl/ /ˈsensəbl/ jump to other results (of people and their behaviour) able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion; practical She's a sensible sort of person. I think that's a very sensible idea. I think the sensible thing would be to take a taxi home. Say something sensible. a sensible approach/decision/solution/option Diplomacy is the only sensible way to resolve this dispute. This is an eminently sensible approach. sensible about something We have to be sensible about this. We are just asking people to be sensible about the amount of water they use. it is sensible to do something It is sensible to have contingency plans in place. it is sensible for somebody to do something It would be sensible for the government to take precautionary measures. Which Word? sensible / sensitivesensible / sensitiveSensible and sensitive are connected with two different meanings of sense. Sensible refers to your ability to make good judgements: She gave me some very sensible advice. It wasn’t very sensible to go out on your own so late at night. Sensitive refers to how easily you react to things and how much you are aware of things or other people: a soap for sensitive skin This movie may upset a sensitive child. Extra Examples Ben's usually pretty sensible. I wish you'd be sensible for once! She was a sensible little girl, and would never get into a car with a stranger. That wasn't a very sensible thing to do! In the state I was in, this seemed a perfectly sensible remark. That advice sounds sensible enough. This approach seems very sensible to me. Choose a sensible diet and stick to it. Topics Personal qualitiesb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs appear be seem … adverb extremely fairly very … See full entry (of clothes, etc.) useful rather than fashionable sensible shoes (formal or literary) aware of something I am sensible of the fact that mathematics is not a popular subject. opposite insensible Use silly (sense 1) or impractical (senses 1 and 2) as the opposite for the other senses. More Like This Words that look like opposites, but aren’tWords that look like opposites, but aren’t different / indifferent interested / disinterested famous / infamous flammable / inflammable savoury / unsavoury sensible / insensible valuable / invaluable Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘perceptible by the senses’): from Old French, or from Latin sensibilis, from sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’.
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