sensation

- n. 感觉, 轰动
- Definition
- n. a feeling in the body, or something that causes great public excitement
- Example
- She felt a strange tingling sensation in her fingers.
- 她感到手指有一种奇怪的刺痛感。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a feeling or awareness (noun).
比较义项:感觉(名词)。
- sense
Sense denotes a general, often abstract awareness or feeling, usually in the pattern 'a sense of' plus an abstract noun such as duty, humor, or guilt; it is not used for a physical bodily feeling.
sense 表示一种笼统的、多为抽象的意识或感受,常用“a sense of + 抽象名词”的结构,如责任感、幽默感、内疚感;它不用来指身体上的生理感觉。
She had a strong sense of pride after finishing the marathon.
跑完马拉松后,她有一种强烈的自豪感。
- sensation 本词
Sensation refers to a specific physical feeling perceived through the body or senses, such as warmth, pain, or tingling, often sudden; it is not used for abstract emotional awareness like duty or humor.
sensation 指通过身体或感官感受到的具体生理感觉,如温热、疼痛或刺痛,常常来得突然;它不用来表示责任感、幽默感这类抽象的情感意识。
A sharp sensation shot through his leg when he stood up too quickly.
他站得太快,一阵剧烈的刺痛感窜过他的腿。
Sense and sensation both can mean a feeling. Sense is a general, abstract awareness, as in 'a sense of duty'. Sensation is a specific physical feeling, like pain or warmth, not an abstract emotion. Other meanings (senses, 'make sense', a big event) are not compared.
这两个词都可译为“感觉”,但用法不同:sense 常表示抽象的、整体性的意识或感受,多用“a sense of + 抽象名词”的结构;sensation 则指身体或感官上具体的生理感觉,如刺痛、灼热等。这里不比较 sense 的“辨别力/感官(五感)”或习语 make sense(合理,有道理)等其他义项,也不比较 sensation 的“轰动,引起轰动的事件”这一义项。