sentient
sentient 英 [ˈsentiənt] 美 [ˈsenʃnt]
adj. 有感情的；有感觉力的；意识到的 n. 有知觉的人
名词复数:sentients
- Someone sentient is able to feel things, or sense them. Sentient usually occurs in phrases like "sentient beings" and "sentient creatures," making it clear that things that don’t have life don’t have feelings. Explain that to a pet rock.
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- adj. 有感情的；有感觉力的；意识到的
- n. 有知觉的人
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1. All sentient beings communicate, but it's possible that this particular species could have taken a turn in its development after which communication was much as it is among mice or ants or whatever.
一切有感情的人都会交流，但也有可能，这个特别的物种,可能在它的发展中出现了一次转变，在此之后,不论是在老鼠，蚂蚁还是其它东西之间都能交流。
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2. Animals are sentient beings who deserve our respect and our compassion.
动物是有知觉的生灵，值得我们给予尊敬和同情。
- sentient (adj.) 1630s, "capable of feeling," from Latin sentientem (nominative sentiens) "feeling," present participle of sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "conscious" (of something) is from 1815.
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