区别辨析judgement、discrimination与sense

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。