Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
common sense
ˌcommon ˈsense BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the ability to behave in a sensible way and make practical decisions: Use your common sense for once! a common-sense approach to education • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪ have common senseSome people are brilliant thinkers, but they have no common sense. ▪ use your common senseIf something goes wrong, just use your common sense. ▪ be based on common senseThe job doesn't require much training because it's based on common sense. ▪ show common senseHis attitude shows no common sense at all. ▪ common sense tells you/me etc somethingCommon sense tells me that I should get more sleep. ▪ common sense suggests somethingPeople don't always do what common sense suggests. ▪ common sense dictates something (=tells you something very clearly)Common sense dictates that you should avoid handling wild animals. ▪ common sense prevails (=is strong enough to make you do the sensible thing)Eventually common sense prevailed and they reached an agreement. ▪ defy common sense (=not be sensible)The proposed change in the law defies common sense. adjectives ▪ simple/plain/basic/sheer common sense (=very obviously sensible)Locking your doors at night is simple common sense. ▪ sound common sense (=sensible and reliable)These ideas contained much sound common sense. common sense + NOUN ▪ a common sense approachWe need a common sense approach to caring for the environment. ▪ a common sense viewRoss took the common sense view that it would be better to stay at home. phrases ▪ a matter of common sense (=something that requires no more than common sense)Not driving too fast is just a matter of common sense. ▪ a lack of common senseLeaving the child alone in the car showed a lack of common sense. ▪ an ounce of common sense (=a very small amount)Anyone with an ounce of common sense would have realised that was a silly thing to do.
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[common sense]
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saying & slang
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the ability to make logical decisions; horse sense
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It is because she has common sense that we ask her opinion.