judgement、discrimination与sense这些名词均含“识别力、判断”之意。
judgement : 指经过训练或磨练或凭经历而得到辨别或判断事物的能力或品质。
- to show good/sound/poor judgment
表现出良好／出色／低下的判断力 - I don’t think you have the right to pass judgment (on others) (= to say whether you think other people are good or bad).
我认为你没有权利（对别人）加以评判。 - I’m going to reserve judgment (on the decision) (= not say whether I think it is good or bad) for the time being.
我将暂时（对这一决定）保留看法。
discrimination : 指辨别精微的能力，甚至平时观察不到的也可识别出来。
- He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends.
他在择友方面颇具慧眼。
sense : 指不带幻想或感情、偏见地观察事物，并能作出明智、公平的选择与决定。
- With her excellent sense of smell, she could tell if you were a smoker from the other side of the room.
她嗅觉灵敏，在房间的另一端就能知道你是否抽烟。 - My cold is so bad I’ve lost my sense of smell/taste (= I can’t smell/taste anything).
我感冒很严重，闻不到任何气味了／尝不出任何味道了。 - Did you get any sense of how they might react?
你预感他们会作何反应？ - The helicopters hovering overhead added to the sense of urgency.
在头顶盘旋的直升机加重了紧迫感。
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