sentient
英 [?senti?nt]
美['s?nt??nt]
- adj. 有感情的；有感覺力的；意識到的
- n. 有知覺的人
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1、senti- + -ent.
中文詞源
sentient 有感覺能力的，有知覺力的
來自拉丁語 sentire,感覺，感知，詞源同 sense.-ent,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- sentient (adj.)
- 1630s, "capable of feeling," from Latin sentientem (nominative sentiens) "feeling," present participle of sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "conscious" (of something) is from 1815.
雙語例句
- 1. Man is a sentient being.
- 人是有感覺的生物。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Our reaction to software as sentient is both unconscious and unavoidable.
- 我們將軟件視為一個生命體是無意識的,也是不可避免的.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
- 3. The condition of several moved him as he would have been moved by maimed sentient beings.
- 其中有幾處,讓他看了非常難過,就象他看見有感覺的活東西受到殘害那樣.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Yesterday that peace and prosperity were the birthright of all sentient beings.
- 昨天和平與繁榮還是所有人與生俱來的權利.
來自電影對白
- 5. What constitutes a sentient life form?
- 法律對一個有知覺的生命是在定義的?
來自電影對白