每日一句口语 496（在线收听）

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What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

从严格的意义上讲，我们所谓的幸福是高度压抑的需求的满足（最好是突发性的）。

Notes:

1.strict

adj. 精确的；绝对的；严格的，严谨的；[植]笔直的

eg.

She is a strict teacher.

她是个严格的教师。

Discipline at school is very strict.

学校的纪律很严。

The work requires strict measurement.

这项工作需要精确的测量。

The church demands strict loyalty.

教会要求绝对的忠诚。

2.sense

n. 感觉，官能；意识，观念；理性；识别力

vt. 感到；理解，领会；检测出

常见搭配：

bring to one's senses

使头脑正常[清醒过来], 开导某人, 使醒悟

bring to one's senses

使头脑正常[清醒过来], 开导某人, 使醒悟

frighten [scare] sb. out of his senses

吓得某人魂不附体

have more sense than to do [say] sth. (=have too much sense to do [say] sth.)

有头脑[理智]不会做出[说出]某事

have more sense than to do [say] sth. (=have too much sense to do [say] sth.)

有头脑[理智]不会做出[说出]某事

horse sense

[口]常识, 见识

in a sense

在某种意义上来说

in no sense

决不是, 决非

in the best [true] sense of the term [word]

地地道道地, 确确实实地

lose one's sense

昏过去; 发疯; 失去理性

make sense of

了解...的意义, 懂得

there is no [some] sense in doing...

做...是没有[有一些]道理的[意义的]