这组词都有“感觉”“感情”“情绪”的意思。它们的区别是:
1.这组词都可指机体受到外界刺激后从身体到精神的反应; sensation常指身体的反应,尤其是感官如眼睛、神经等对外界刺激的反应,一般较轻微,常译为“感知”, feeling较强,一般译为“感觉”“感情”, emotion 更强,表现为喜怒哀乐,一般译为激动; passion最强烈,往往使人失去思维的能力,且使人不能自制。例如:
Fire gives a sensation of warmth.火给人以温暖的感觉。
I don't like to hurt his feeling.我不愿意伤害他的感情。
She lost her reason in consequence of a violent emotion caused by a fire.她因失火而过分伤心,以致失去理智。
Our moral sense controls passion.我们的道德观念控制着激情。
2.feeling是这组词中最常用的,可泛指一般的情绪; sense多指身体上五官的感觉; sensation还可指轰动一时的事件或人物。例如:
He had some feeling for hope.他怀有希望的心情。
The new invention has created a great sensation.这项新发明引起了很大的轰动。
谐音记忆法
还可谐音:三四人,三四人的感觉不一样。
词根词缀法
-sens-感觉+-ation名词词尾
词组短语
pleasant sensation快感;visual sensation视觉
词源词缀
-sens-感觉+-ation名词词尾来自sense,感觉,知觉,感知,-ation,名词后缀。引申贬义词义刺激感官,使震惊,使哗然,造成轰动。
She was possessed of a terrifying sensation that the life was being squeezed slowly out of her.
她有一种可怕的感觉,自己的生命正在慢慢凋零。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Then he beamed. It was a new sensation , and aa great boon to a king.
不一会儿,国王的脸上绽开了笑容.这是一种新鲜的口感,对国王来说, 新口感就和新大陆一样了不得.
来源:网络文摘精选I had a queer sensation as if a worm was creeping down my spine.
我有一种可疑的感觉,好象有个虫子在顺着我的脊梁往下爬似的.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》She was just 14 when she caused a sensation at the Montreal Olympics.
她在蒙特利尔奥运会上引起轰动时才14岁。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》But the truth was that he had no physical sensation, except that of mere contact.
可其实,他却未觉出肉体上的激情, 只有种肌肤相亲的快感.
来源:英汉文学The press of the capitalist countries deals largely in sensation.
资本主义国家的报纸多作耸人听闻的报道.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Mingdu low, low color purity , simplicity , weak in contrasting color sensation of funky, quaint.
明量矮 、 清量矮的色彩, 单清 、 不不弱差比的色彩发觉不奢华 、 矮古.
来源:网络文摘精选A sensation of burning or tingling may be experienced in the hands.
双手可能会有种刺痛感或灼热感。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》His new theory has caused a sensation throughout the civilized world.
他的新理论轰动了整个文明世界.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Working with one's head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as muscular work.
脑力劳动与体力劳动引起的饥饿感觉是完全一样的.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》I find the media'sgrowing obsession with smut and sensation deplorable.
我发现媒体越来越沉湎于淫秽下流和耸人听闻的题材,这实在可悲。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It's a funny sensation to know someone's talking about you in a language you don't understand.
知道有人正用一种你听不懂的语言谈论你,这种感觉很奇怪。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The annotation to common sensation was more than penetrating , which set people thinking.
平实的感情诠释,却也入木三分, 发人深省.
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