这些形容词均含“意识到的”之意。
aware :强调通过耳闻目睹或感觉而得到的信息,也指敏税的观察和推断。侧重感知,多与of一起用。
- I wasn't even aware that he was ill.
我都不知道他生病了。
- Were you aware of the risks at the time?
你当时意识到危险了吗?
- She was well (= very) aware that he was married.
她很清楚他已结婚了。
- 'Has Claude paid the phone bill?' 'Not as far as I'm aware.' (= I don't think so)
“克劳德交电话费了吗?”“据我所知没有。”
- I suddenly became aware of (= started to notice) him looking at me.
我突然意识到他在看着我。
conscious :指内心的感觉,强调深刻的心理活动。
- My tooth doesn't exactly hurt, but I'm conscious of it (= I can feel it) all the time.
牙齿并不疼,可是我总觉得不舒服。
- I think she's very conscious of being the only person in the office who didn't have a university education.
我想她对于自己是办公室里唯一没有受过大学教育的人这一点很敏感。
- He gradually became conscious (of the fact) that everyone else was wearing a suit.
他渐渐意识到别的人都穿着西服。
sensible :侧重通过直觉或理性感觉意识到某物的存在。
- He did not appear to be sensible of the difficulties that lay ahead.
他看上去并没有意识到前面的困难。
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