好词典

perception

UK //pəˈsepʃ(ə)n//US //pərˈsepʃ(ə)n//

词源

源自拉丁语 'perceptio'(收集/理解),由 per-(完全)和 capere(拿取)组成,14世纪通过古法语进入英语。

noun

❶ 指人们通过感官接收信息后形成的认知或理解,强调个人对事物的主观感受和解读方式。

“Children's perception of the world is often different from adults.”

(儿童对世界的认知通常与成年人不同。)

“The study focuses on how color affects human perception.”

(这项研究关注颜色如何影响人类的感知。)

❶ 表示对细微变化的察觉能力,或对他人情感的敏锐体察。

“As a therapist, she has great perception of people's emotions.”

(作为治疗师,她对人们情绪有着极强的觉察力。)

“The artist's perception of light changes was remarkable.”

(这位艺术家对光线变化的感知非常敏锐。)

同义词:awareness, understanding, impression, insight, recognition

常见短语

public perception — 指大众对某事物或人的普遍看法和印象,常用于讨论舆论或形象管理。

“The company needs to improve public perception of its environmental policies.”

(该公司需要改善公众对其环保政策的看法。)

visual perception — 特指通过视觉系统接收和处理信息的过程,涉及眼睛和大脑的协同工作。

“The experiment studied how age affects visual perception.”

(该实验研究年龄如何影响视觉感知。)