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sense

英 [sens] 美[sɛns]

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n. 感觉，官能；观念；道理；理智
vt. 感觉到；检测
n. (Sense)人名；(英)森斯

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They choose purpose over happiness—having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organising people is too rigid for both the modern marketplace and the expectations of employees.

She connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength.

Of course I was scared, yet I had this strong sense of I have to do this.

Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that ‘this isn't right.

In a sense, forgetting is our brain's way of sorting memories, so the most relevant memories are ready for retrieval.

They suggest this indicates that dogs aren’t sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.

The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature.

Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions.

Such findings, which run counter to common sense, have surfaced before.

Hesiod offers an idea—which you very often find in some of the world's great religions, in the Judeo-Christian tradition and in Islam and others—that in some sense, when you hurt another human being, you hurt yourself.

They're also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home, one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exterior lighting at night.

One company Werbach has studied uses gamification to create a sense of community and boost employees' morale ( ' , 士气).

Some laws make sense.

Not only is this a boring and awful way to treat children, it makes no sense educationally.

Ask yourself, Would Grandma consider this food? Does it look like something that might occur in nature? It's pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, not unidentifiable foodlike objects.

In a straightforward sense, he could mean that a critic must be more talented than the artist she critiques ( ' , 评论 ).

Like fireplaces, they induce a sense of comfort and warmth.

Some people are still in favor of printed books because of the sense of touch they can provide

Those who have a strong sense of responsibility.

We encourage students to go on to college whether they are prepared or not, or have a clear sense of purpose or interest, and now have the highest college dropout rate in the world

So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened for new tumors — or doesn't it?

It's not an easy calculation to make, but one that makes sense for all patients

Most of them did not have any sense of discipline.

The website for Orzack's center lists the following among the psychological symptoms of computer addiction: Having a sense of well-being (幸福) or excitement while at the computer

Customers losing all sense of time.

Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences.

I'm having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can't explain it in a way that makes sense to me.

He has difficulty making sense of logic

To gain a sense of their personal worth.

But by demonstrating their common sense, they've shown that the divide between cats and humans may not be that great after all.

finally, she addresses self-respect and the notion that a person's sense of beauty must include more than how much a person weighs.

For another, they present the project with a funny video because good visuals and a sense of humor improved success.

Having a person, instead of a computer, reach out to you is particularly important in combating that sense of isolation.

If you age more slowly over a longer time period, then you are in some sense younger for longer.

I'm deeply attached to the Puritan tradition, not in a religious sense, but they believed in working for something, working for goals, and I like that.

Hesiod offers an idea — which you very often find in some of the world's great religions, in the Judeo-Christian tradition and in Islam and others — that in some sense, when you hurt another human being, you hurt yourself.

In a straightforward sense, he could mean that a critic must be more talented than the artist she critiques.

It will be like a documentary in the sense, that it will be non-fiction and fact-based.

It's a hobby that I've stuck with and it continues to help me cope with stress at work, provide a sense of order in hectic days, and allow my brain time to solve problems.

It's pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, not unidentifiable foodlike objects.

miguel Maeda, 42, who has a master's degree and works in public health,was the first in his family to go to college, which has allowed him to achieve a sense of financial stability his parents and grandparents never did.

One company Werbach has studied uses gamification to create a sense of community and boost employees' morale.

Research or common sense tells us that the best thing to do is keep your hands, utensils and other surfaces clean.

The air you breathe in a plane dries out your mouth and nose, which can affect your sense of taste.

The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the student or whether it's assigned by a teacher.

The fashion for teams is driven by a sense that the old way of organising people is too rigid for both the modern market place and the expectations of employees.

The printing, the books, I'm very attached to all that kind of thing that may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world.

They worked hard at whatever they did, but they had a sense of achievement.

Thinking small, being engaging, and having a sense of humor don't hurt.

To Fendley, a sense of drive and purpose, as well as an effective high-school education, and basic life skills, like balancing a checkbook, are the necessary ingredients for a successful life in America.

We learn, in a sense, by trial and error.

When children start school for the very first time, parents often feel a sense of excitement coupled with a touch of sadness at the end of an era.

But missing from all these data is the sense that today's young care very much about their country, about the broader civic and political environment, or about the future of their society.

In addition to many senior officials from the Federal Trade and Federal Communications commissions, this year's list of policy makers also includes appearances from Transportation Curran, the Accenture analyst, said that increased government interest in the show makes sense as technology becomes a larger part of our lives.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

In a sense, it was.

They tend to have a sense of superiority over their peers.

The most successful environmental strategy will marry the green message to our own sense of identity.

Hall's findings suggest there's an argument to be made for electing to use African American, though one can't help but get the sense that it's a decision that papers over the urgency of continued progress.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

And this is contrasted by the lady's social skills and common sense.

But does a cashless society really make good economic sense?

But, for most people, lying gets limited as we develop a sense of morality and the ability to self-regulate.

Curran, the Accenture analyst, said that increased government interest in the show makes sense as technology becomes a larger part of our lives.

For this reason, community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically beneficial but also help to stimulate the adolescent's sense of worth.

Good leaders left the company, taking Nokia's sense of vision and direction with them.

Hall's findings suggest there's an argument to be made for electing to use "African American", though one can't help but get the sense that it's a decision that papers over the urgency of continued progress.

Instead, thoughts make sense only in reference to the individuals' external world.

Once Farrant and her colleagues feel they have a better sense of which switches to throw, they will have to find the best way to do so in useful crops.

People are often hesitant to terminate a project when they've already invested time or resources into it, even if it might make logical sense to do so.

since the former is most common among those inclined towards indifferent relationships, their predominance can bolster individuals' sense of self-worth.

The Wallaces also had a clear sense of the kind of workplace they wanted.

This form of "self- governance" is possible within long-standing amateur organizations that, over time, arc able to build a sense of responsibility to community members, as well as society in general.

While this makes a lot of sense, it results in many lion deaths that otherwise would have been unnecessary.

As the quality of risk-taking was passed from on ration to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.

Because a college community differs from the family, many students will struggle to find a sense of belonging.

Because of all this extra time, there was no sense of urgency to do my school work immediately.

Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers' senses.

By looking at us, listening to us, giving us a sense of dignity, papa was unquestionably our most influential teacher.

Carducci believes developing such a sense of belonging starts with small talk.

Children as young as ten are becoming dependent on social media for their sense of self-worth, a major study warned.

Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because "children with good academic success do have involved parents", admitted Robinson.

Dunn believes that people who reach out to strangers feel a significantly greater sense of belonging, a bond with others.

He must have sensed that I was looking at him.

He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses.

He sensed a responsibility for music.

Her times were not exactly impressive, but even so, he sensed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking.

His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he's an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road.

However, they still did not know how to cope with mean-spirited jokes, or the sense of incompetence they might feel if they compared themselves to celebrities or more brilliant friends online.

If you liked Wallace and Gromit's previous adventures and you appreciate the British sense of humour, you'll love this film.

In recent years an english word "infosphere" has appeared, combing the sense of "information" and "atmosphere".

In that sense, I'm pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit.

In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world.

In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?

It gives her a sense of duty.

People have stronger senses than before.

Removing him from the pantheon of English literature would make about as much sense as the louvre selling of the mona lisa.

See, your computer has broken down again! It doesn't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of computer just to save a few dollars.

She encouraged a sense of community社区 by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need in 1931, addams became the first American woman to win the nobel peace prize.

Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me.

Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a common sense media report published Monday.

The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs.

The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction.

The sense of excitement and tension levels rise suddenly though, as does your heart rate, as you move closer to them.

Then, handle the most important tasks first so you'll feel a real sense of achievement.

To help determine the ingredients of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other's individuality.

We lose our sense of wonder.

We tend to have a better memory for things that excite our senses or appeal to our emotions than for straight facts.

It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden though in a “liberated” sense, to describe these synthetic constructions.

Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word.

How does your reading proceed? Clearly you try to comprehend, in the sense of identifying meanings for individual words and working out relationships between them, drawing on your explicit knowledge of English grammar ( ' , 41) you begin to infer a context for the text, for insta4ce, by making decisions about what kind of speech event is involved: who is making the utterance, to whom, when and where.

Mental health is the seed that contains self-esteem - confidence in ourselves and an ability to trust in our common sense.

Mental health has commonly been called conscience,instinct,wisdom,common sense,or the inner voice.

“Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going to have your most loyal customers really upset with you.

Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Conservative parties.

But we’re going to have questions like that where we have things we’re doing that don’t make sense when the market changes and the world changes.

It does not include important factors such as environmental quality or education outcomes – all things that contribute to a person’s sense of well-being.

But we're going to have questions like that where we have things we're doing that don't make sense when the market changes and the world changes.

But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.

Clearly you try to comprehend, in the sense of identifying meanings for individual words and working out relationships between them, drawing on your implicit knowledge of English grammar.

In effect, the approach would create a "walled garden" in cyberspace, with safe"neighbor hoods" and bright "streetlights" to establish a sense of a trusted community.

In fact, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, which makes absolute sense, since human beings thrive off of social connections.

It does not include important factors such as environmental quality or education outcomes一all things that contribute to a person's sense of well-being.

Job security or stability was the second most important career goal work-life balance was number one, followed by a sense of being dedicated to a cause or to feel good about serving the great good.

Knowing the results of Epley's study, it makes sense that many people hate photographs of themselves viscerally—on one level, they don't even recognize the person in the picture as themselves.

Lucky for us, we also have a sixth sense for dishonesty that may protect us.

My concern with leaving it up to the individual, however, is our limited sense of what needs to be achieved.

That common- sense change enjoys wide public support and would save the USPS $2 billion per year.

The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt.

The idea of involving children in a big decision is a great idea because it can help them feel a sense of control and ownership in what can be an overwhelming process, said Ryan Hooper, clinical psychologist in Chicago.

These tools can help you win every argument 一 not in the unhelpful sense of beating your opponents but in the better sense of learning about the issues that divide people.

Today's CEO, at least for major American firms, must have many mere skills than simply being able to "run the company" CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and Maybe even how the company should trade in them.