核心畫面

Picture someone stopping for half a beat before acting: they run through what is likely to happen next, then take the plain, workable option rather than the one. sensibly describes that thinking-first showing up in how a person behaves.

可以想成一個人在動手之前先停半拍:他把接下來大概會發生什麼事在腦子裡過一遍,然後挑那個踏實、行得通的做法——不見得是更多收起可以想成一個人在動手之前先停半拍:他把接下來大概會發生什麼事在腦子裡過一遍,然後挑那個踏實、行得通的做法——不見得是最聰明或最好看的,而是最不會出事的那個。sensibly 描述的就是這種「想過再做」落在行為上的樣子,所以它形容的是做事的方式,不是人的聰明程度。

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

sensiblyadv/ˈsɛnsəbli/

  • 1

    In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.

    • [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].
  • 2

    datedformalIn a way that can be sensed or noticed; perceptibly.

    • Time sensibly all things impairs.
    • This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。