| 单词 | sensible |
| 释义 | sensible (once / 124 pages) adj Sensible means practical and reasonable. If you're wearing sensible shoes, they're sturdy, comfortable, good for walking, and your feet don't hurt. If you're a sensible person, you're level-headed and calm, and you make wise decisions. Sensible may not sound exciting — who wants to be like a pair of galoshes, when you can be stilettos? But sensible is the voice of reason, and when you're tooling along in your convertible, you'll be grateful for the sensible 15-mile-per-hour speed limit posted at that sharp turn where the road drops off into the canyon. Sensible comes from the Latin sensibilis, meaning "perceptible by the senses," a meaning that eventually evolved into "having good sense, reasonable." WORD FAMILYsensible: insensible, sensibilise, sensibility, sensibilize, sensibleness, sensibler, sensiblest, sensibly+/desensitise: desensitisation, desensitising/desensitize: desensitization, desensitized, desensitizes, desensitizing/hypersensitive: hypersensitively, hypersensitivity/insensibility: insensibilities/insensible: insensibility, insensibly/insensitive: insensitively, insensitiveness, insensitivity/insensitivity: insensitivities/nonsense: nonsenses, nonsensical/nonsensical: nonsensicalest, nonsensicality, nonsensically/oversensitive: oversensitively, oversensitiveness/sensation: aftersensation, sensational, sensations/sensational: sensationalism, sensationally, unsensational/sensationalism: sensationalisms, sensationalist, sensationalistic/sensationalist: sensationalists/sense: nonsense, sensation, sensed, senseless, senses, sensible, sensing, sensitive, sensor, sensorial, sensuous/senseless: senselessly, senselessness/sensibility: sensibilities/sensitise: desensitise, sensitisation, sensitised, sensitiser, sensitising/sensitised: hypersensitised, supersensitised/sensitiser: sensitisers/sensitive: hypersensitive, insensitive, nonsensitive, oversensitive, sensitise, sensitively, sensitiveness, sensitives, sensitivity, sensitize, supersensitive/sensitiveness: sensitivenesses/sensitivity: sensitivities/sensitize: desensitize, sensitization, sensitized, sensitizer, sensitizes, sensitizing/sensitized: hypersensitized, supersensitized/sensitizer: sensitizers/sensor: sensors/sensorial: sensorially/sensuous: sensuously, sensuousness/supersensitive: supersensitively/unsensational: unsensationally USAGE EXAMPLESWhen I was in Europe I saw lots of friends circles with normal-weight healthy looking people, walking around and eating sensible meals. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) That's led to an explosion of ideas - some more sensible than others. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) But based on the latest nutrition research, cutting carbs in favor of healthy fats seems sensible. Time(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj able to feel or perceive even amoeba are sensible creatures the more sensible parts of the skin Syn|Ant sensitive aware, cognisant, cognizant (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception consciousknowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts sensitiveresponsive to physical stimuli insensible incapable of physical sensation incognizant, unaware(often followed by `of') not aware unconsciousnot conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead anaesthetic, anestheticcharacterized by insensibility asleep, benumbed, numblacking sensation insensitivenot responsive to physical stimuli insensitivedeficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive 2adj readily perceived by the senses the sensible universe a sensible odor Syn perceptible capable of being perceived by the mind or senses 3adj showing reason or sound judgment a sensible choice a sensible person Syn|Ant reasonable fair, just free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules logicalcapable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning rationalconsistent with or based on or using reason commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensicalexhibiting native good judgment healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded, soundexercising or showing good judgment tenable, well-foundedbased on sound reasoning or evidence validwell grounded in logic or truth or having legal force unreasonable not reasonable; not showing good judgment illogical, unlogicallacking in correct logical relation immoderatebeyond reasonable limits irrationalnot consistent with or using reason counterintuitivecontrary to what common sense would suggest indefensible, untenable(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified mindless, reasonless, senselessnot marked by the use of reason undue, unjustified, unwarrantedlacking justification or authorization 4adj aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed made sensible of his mistakes "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam " sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke Syn aware, cognisant, cognizant (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception |
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