•With her keen sense of smell, she could tell if you were a smoker from the other side of the room.她嗅觉灵敏，在房间的另一端就能知道你是否抽烟。

•My cold is so bad I've lost my sense of smell/taste (= I can't smell/taste anything).我感冒很严重，闻不到任何气味了／尝不出任何味道了。

•Did you get any sense of how they might react?你预感他们会作何反应？

•The helicopters hovering overhead added to the sense of urgency.在头顶盘桓的直升机加重了紧迫感。

•Don't be angry - it was just a joke - where's your sense of fun?别生气——只是个笑话——你乐观的天性哪里去了？

•She has a really good sense of humour.她真的很有幽默感。

•We have the same sense of humour.我们有同样的幽默感。

•Come on, lighten up! Where's your sense of humour?好了，放轻松点！你的幽默感哪里去了？

•The decorations, flowers and crowds gave the town a real sense of occasion.灯彩、鲜花和人群给小镇带来了十足的节庆氛围。

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•[+ to infinitive] I hope they'll have the (good) sense] have enough sense to shut the windows before they leave.我希望他们走的时候会想到要关窗户。

•[+ -ing verb] There 's no sense in waiting (= It is not practical to wait) - the next train isn't for two hours.继续等下去是不明智的——要过两个小时下一趟火车才会来。

•Planning so far ahead makes no sense - so many things will have changed by next year.提前这么久就计划并不明智——到明年，许多事情都会发生变化。

•Have you taken leave of your senses (= Have you lost your ability to make a good judgment) ?你疯了吧？

•It's time you came to your senses (= started to use your good judgment) and realized that they are not going to help you.你该醒醒了，你该明白他们是不会帮你的。

•The accident brought him to his senses (= caused him to use his good judgment again) and made him stop drinking.这个意外使他醒悟过来，不再喝酒了。

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•They are not immigrants, at least not in any sense that I understand.至少就我所理解的意义上来说，他们不是移民。

•The packaging is green - in both senses of the word (= it is green in colour and it is good for the environment).包装是绿色的——这个“绿色”有两层含义。

•Security defined in the broad/broadest sense of the term means getting at the root causes of trouble and helping to reduce regional conflicts.广义上说，安全工作是指找出危险的根本原因并帮助减少地区冲突。

•This passage doesn't make (any) sense (= the meaning is not clear).这篇文章意义不明确。

•I've read the letter twice, but I can't make (any) sense of it (= I can't understand it).我把信读了两遍，但还是不解其意。

•It's a book which is, in every sense, about different ways of seeing the world.从任何意义上说，这都是一本以不同角度看世界的书。

•She claims that the system is at fault and she's right, in a sense (= she is partly right) , it could be improved.她主张现行制度有问题，从某种意义上说，她是对的，现行制度确有改进的空间。

•We are in no sense obliged to agree to this.我们绝不是非得同意这件事。

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•Although she said nothing, I could sense her anger尽管她甚么都没说，但我能感觉到她的愤怒。

•He sensed something was about to happen.他感觉到有事情要发生。

•[+ (that)] He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely.尽管客人们在礼貌地听着，但他意识到他们有些厌烦。

•[+ question word] Could you sense wh at was likely to happen?你能感觉到可能会发生甚么事情吗？