common sense

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common sense (noun)

common sense noun

common sense

noun

Learner's definition of COMMON SENSE

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: the ability to think and behave in a reasonable way and to make good decisions常識

You really should go to see a doctor if your leg hurts that much. It's just common sense!你的腿要是疼得厲害，你就確實應該去看醫生。這是常識！
Obey the laws and use common sense when operating your boat.開船時，請遵守規定，運用常識。
She's very smart but she doesn't have a lot of common sense. 她很聰明，但缺乏常識。

— commonsense

adjective, always used before a noun

He says there are commonsense solutions to social problems.他說可以用常識解決社會問題。
commonsense wisdom常識性的知識

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common sense

noun

: sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts

So far, I've had the common sense not to tweet anything ghastly.

James Poniewozik

The poker players learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong. There is such a thing as absolute premonition of cards, a rock bottom surety of what will happen next.

David Mamet

With tsunamis, it may seem only common sense to Earth scientists to run away from (and not toward) the water when the sea is drawn rapidly down and away from the beach as a tsunami approaches. But that response is counterintuitive for most people.

Thomas C. Pierson

commonsense

ˈkä-mən-ˈsen(t)s