sensible
US: /ˈsɛnsəbəɫ/
UK: /sˈɛnsəbəl/
UK: /sˈɛnsəbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sensible /'sensəbl/
- tính từ
- có thể cảm giác được, có thể cảm thấy được
- dễ nhận thấy
- a sensible difference: sự khác biệt dễ thấy
- có cảm giác, cảm thấy, có ý thức
- he is sensible of your kindness: anh ấy biết được lòng tốt của anh
- biết lẽ phải, biết phải trái; khôn ngoan, hợp lý, đúng đắn
- a sensible compromise: sự nhân nhượng hợp lý
- that is very sensible of him: anh ấy như thế là phải
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) nhạy
- sensible balance: cân nhạy
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) dễ cảm động; nhạy cảm
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (of people and their behaviour) able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion; practical: a sensible person / decision / precaution + I think that's a very sensible idea. + Say something sensible. + I think the sensible thing would be to take a taxi home.
2 (of clothes, etc.) useful rather than fashionable: sensible shoes
3 (formal or literary) aware of sth: I am sensible of the fact that mathematics is not a popular subject.
Antonym: for sense 3 INSENSIBLE
Help Note: Use silly (sense 1) or impractical (senses 1 and 2) as the opposite for the other senses.
sensibly adverb: to eat / behave / drive / talk sensibly + He decided, very sensibly, not to drive when he was so tired. + She's always very sensibly dressed.
WHICH WORD?
sensible / sensitive
Sensible and sensitive are connected with 2 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.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 reasonable, realistic, logical, common-sense, commonsensical, rational, reasoned, sound, practical, prudent, judicious, discreet, intelligent, sage, wise, sane; down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, well-thought-out:
Do you really think it sensible to go out in this storm? Andrew has a very sensible way of dealing with junk mail - he returns it to sender
2 perceivable, perceptible, detectable, evident, discernible, recognizable, ascertainable, apprehensible, cognizable, manifest, palpable, physical, tangible, corporeal, substantive, material, visible, observable, seeable:
Some maintain that in addition to the sensible world there is another world, an anti-world, that we do not normally encounter.
3 sentient, feeling, sensitive, live, conscious, aware:
Who among us ever regards microbes as sensible creatures?
4 Usually, sensible of or to. conscious (of), aware (of), acquainted (with), cognizant (of), sensitive (to), alive to, mindful (of), understanding (of), in touch (with), observant (of), awake (to), alert (to), Slang wise (to), hip or old-fashioned hep (to):
The people of the village are ever sensible to the needs of their neighbours. There are some things to which we are not at all sensible
5 appreciable, significant, considerable, substantial, substantive, noticeable:
The theory is that an increased interest rate will have a sensible effect on the rate of inflation.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, seem, sound
This approach seems very sensible to me.
| consider sb/sth, deem sth
ADV.
eminently, extremely, really, very | perfectly
In the state I was in, this seemed a perfectly sensible remark.
| hardly
Are you going out to search for it at this time of night? It seems hardly sensible.
| fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably
Ben's usually pretty sensible.
| enough
That advice sounds sensible enough.
| apparently | clearly, obviously | politically, strategically
Concise English dictionary
'sensəbl
adj.
+showing reason or sound judgment
+able to feel or perceive
+readily perceived by the senses
+aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
