| 词汇 | make sense |
| 释义 | make sensemake sense a) to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand 有意义，表述清晰，易于理解 Read this and tell me if it makes sense. 读读这篇东西，告诉我通不通。 b) to be a sensible thing to do 是明智的，是合乎情理的 it makes sense (for somebody) to do something It makes sense to save money while you can. 钱能省就省，这是明智的做法。 Would it make sense for the city authorities to further restrict parking? 市政当局进一步限制停车的做法是否合乎情理？ c) if something makes sense, there seems to be a good reason or explanation for it 解释得通，有道理 Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn’t seem to make sense. 她为什么做那种事情？这似乎讲不通。 Examples from the Corpus make sense• Strange to tell, even in an era of government downsizing it can make sense to build new federal office space.• As the people with formal authority, they were accountable for making sense of and integrating the varied agendas of their constituencies.• Stern made the deal because it made good business sense.• Read this and tell me if it makes sense.• On the whole, it made sense.• It makes sense to keep such information on file for quick reference.• It made sense for Sam to live nearer the college.• So it might make sense to pay off part of her mortgage.• It may not make sense to rebuild the houses damaged by the floods.• Everyone acknowledged that the recommendations made sense.• It doesn't make sense to drive if you can walk.• It just doesn't make sense to keep all these people on the payroll.• There are parts of the plan that simply don't make sense.• Both writing and speech require context to make sense of what might formally be ambiguous.• His arguments seem to make sense.• It would make sense for the parents to be involved in this discussion.• How do you make sense out of the many conflicting issues and statements about the political world that confront you each day? → make sense at sense1(1) |
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