Perceive:察觉;感知;意识到;(通过感官或思考)理解到。常指用视觉、听觉等感官发现某事,或在头脑中“看出来/意识到”某种情况。(名词形式是 perception “感知;认知”。)
/pərˈsiːv/
I perceived a strange smell in the room.
我察觉到房间里有一股奇怪的气味。
She gradually perceived that his silence meant disagreement, not indifference.
她逐渐意识到,他的沉默表示反对,而不是冷漠。
Perceive 来自拉丁语 percipere,由 **per-**(“完全、彻底”)+ capere(“抓住、拿取”)构成,原义接近“把东西抓住/领会到”,引申为“察觉、理解”。同源词可见于 receive(接收)、conceive(构想/怀孕)、deceive(欺骗)等。