词汇对比与辨析

核心差别

sense 强调sense 作为名词指感觉、感官、意识或情理,meaning 则侧重meaning 指词语、符号或行为所表达的意义、含义

使用场景对比

对比方面sensemeaning
核心含义sense 作为名词指感觉、感官、意识或情理,作为动词指感觉、觉察或检测,常用于描述感知或理解事物。meaning 指词语、符号或行为所表达的意义、含义,也可表示目的或意图,作为形容词时意为意味深长的。
词性动词、名词名词
使用语域sense 作为名词时,常与动词如 have、make、lose 等搭配,表示拥有、产生或失去感觉;作为动词时,可接宾语或 that 从句,表示感知到某事。meaning 常与动词 have、give、lose 等连用,表示拥有、赋予或失去意义;也可用于询问意义的句型,如 "What's the meaning of...?"。

对比例句

sense

I have a strong sense that it's going to rain today.

我有种强烈的感觉,今天会下雨。

sense

She lost her sense of direction in the crowded city.

在拥挤的城市里,她迷失了方向感。

meaning

What's the meaning of this word? I can't find it in the dictionary.

这个词是什么意思?我在词典里找不到。

meaning

His smile had a special meaning, showing he was happy about the news.

他的微笑有特殊含义,表明他对这个消息感到高兴。

常见误用提醒

使用 sense:I sense the book is interesting. → I sense that the book is interesting. (sense 作为动词表示感知时,通常接 that 从句来引导具体内容,直接接名词可能不自然,应添加 that 以明确感知对象。)

使用 sense:He has a sense to help others. → He has a sense of helping others. (sense 表示某种感觉或意识时,常与介词 of 搭配,后接名词或动名词,而不是不定式,以符合英语习惯表达。)

使用 meaning:What is the meaning about this story? → What is the meaning of this story? (错误使用了介词 about,meaning 后通常接 of 来表示某事物的意义,of 用于连接意义和其来源。)