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Make sense 是什么意思?“有道理”为什么不是 has sense?

Make sense 可以表示说得通,也可以表示某个决定合理。把中文的“有”直接换成 has 看似顺理成章,却会让英语偏离这里要说的意思。

Make sense 表示清楚、合乎逻辑、容易理解。另一个意思是某项决定合理:it makes sense to book early。交谈中,简短的 That makes sense 表示明白了,或这样很有道理。

想记住 make sense 的用法吗?

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something + make(s) sense; it makes sense to + verb; make sense of + something

  • Your explanation makes sense, but I'd like to see the figures too.
  • It makes sense to buy train tickets early if you travel in August.
  • The first chapter didn't make sense until I read the introduction again.

修改原因

修改前It has sense to start the project in January.

修改后It makes sense to start the project in January.

Has sense 看起来可能是“有道理”的说法,但这里英语使用 make sense。Have sense 描述人的明智或判断力:She had the sense to call a doctor。

Cambridge Dictionary

Make sense of 描述一个人在努力弄懂复杂的东西:I couldn't make sense of the contract。这个句子以想理解的人为主语,而不是以难懂的事物为主语。比较:The contract didn't make sense to me。

动手练习

I've read this paragraph three times, but it still doesn't ___ sense to me.

(make / have)

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make — 句子说的是一段难以理解的文字,因此需要 make sense。Have sense 说的是人有判断力,不适合这里的段落。

描述一项你认为合理的工作或学习决定。以 it makes sense to 开头,并说明理由。

It makes sense to review new words on the bus, because I have forty free minutes there every morning.

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