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单词 in a sense
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in a sense

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Sense is used in several expressions to indicate how true your statement is. For example, if you say that something is true in a sense, you mean that it is partly true, or true in one way. If you say that something is true in a general sense, you mean that it is true in a general way.
In a sense, both were right.
In one sense, the fact that few new commercial buildings can be financed does notmatter.
He's not the leader in a political sense.
Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
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in a sense in American English

1. 
to a limited extent or degree
2. 
in one aspect
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Examples of 'in a sense' in a sentence
in a sense

This is undoubtedly true, but in a sense irrelevant.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
It is said that he had bad luck, and in a sense that is true.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
To say they have kept me in because of my attitude sounds trite, but in a sense it is true.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I mean biology in a sense that was wholly denied back then, and that is only beginning to be recognised.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
That is true enough in a sense; but your lungs are thinking about the air, if you are not.
Edith Wharton The House of Mirth (1905)

Chinese translation of 'in a sense'

in a sense

  1. 从(從)某种(種)意义(義)上说(說) (cóng mǒu zhǒng yìyì shang shuō)
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Nearby words of
in a sense

  • in a pile
  • in a row
  • in a satisfactory condition
  • in a sense
  • in a short space of time
  • in a state of flux
  • in a tangle

Related terms of
in a sense

  • in a figurative sense
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