【同义词辨析】 理性sense-wisdom

sense: implies a reliable ability to judge and decide with soundness, prudence, and intelligence: hasn't the ~ to come in out of the rain.        sound合理的implies a basis of flawless reasoning or solid gounds有坚实的基础和无瑕的推理,如a sound proposal for combatting terrorism打击恐怖主义的合理建议   prudent谨慎,指懂克制会判断   intelligent智力,指解决问题的能力


common sense: suggests an average degree of such ability often with native shrewdness but without sophistication or special knowledge: ~ tells me it's wrong.


gumption: suggests a readiness to use or apply common sense and stresses initiative or drive: a shrewd business man known for his ~.    initiative主动自发drive驱动,都表示人有勇气决心,因此gumption表示一个人有胆有识    


judgment: implies sense tempered and refined by experience, training, and maturity: ~ is required of a camp counselor.   temper淬炼表示把烧红的金属浸入水中使其降温;refine精炼表示冶炼金属时去除杂质提取精华;两个词都形容judgment既需要理性,又需要有经验、训练有素、稳健成熟   营地辅导员


wisdom: implies sense and judgment far above average: the ~ that comes from years of experience.


sense理性: 指作判断决定能力,common sense常识: 一般程度的理性,不需要复杂的专业知识,gumption胆识: 表示勇于应用常识,judgment判断力: 兼具经验训练成熟,wisdom智慧: 超群的理性和判断力

 
记忆方法: 1) 首字母SCGJW排序为GCSWJ更成熟稳健<==理性的人    理性表示做出正确判断的能力,近义词理智表示控制情绪、冷静思考的能力  
             
         2) 理性的意思是正确判断能力mean ability to reach intelligent conclusions.首字母SCGJW排序为GCSWJ更成熟稳健<==理性的人