sense

Compared meaning: a feeling or awareness (noun).

比较义项：感觉（名词）。

• sense 本词

  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

  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。