This sentence is passive in form but active in sense.

这个句子形式是被动的，而意思是主动的。

Such initiatives have a built-in sense of urgency, and they also express the heart of the equity argument.

这些行动体现了内在的紧迫感，并反映了核心的公平原则。

Harmony is indeed invisible in sense Number 1, you cannot see it with your eyes, but for all that, it can be destroyed.

和声用无形的第一种解读方式理解，确实是无形的，你看不见它，但是它可以毁灭。

You can sense the creative buzz in the city.

在城市里可以感觉到创造的热情。

There is a strong sense of community in this town.

这个镇上有一种强烈的社区意识。

I am not referring to 'small' people in the literal sense of the word.

我指的不是字面意义上的“小”人。

It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.

这个词就其最确切的意义而言不完全是和平，更像是没有战争。

The accusing look in her eyes conveyed her sense of betrayal.

她眼中谴责的目光表达了她被出卖的感受。

Television in a sense has shrunk the world.

从某种意义上说电视把世界缩小了。

He has, in a sense, been given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa.

从某种意义上说，他已被允许全权洽谈新南非问题。

The Freudian perspective, in a sense: sees us as "steam engines".

从某种意义上说，弗洛伊德的观点视我们为“蒸汽机”。

In that sense, the manufacturers have been the blind ones.

从这个意义上说，制造商是盲目的。

In that sense, they are closer to mammals' brains than other reptiles' brains.

从那种意义上来说，比起其他爬行动物的大脑它们更接近哺乳动物的大脑。

False beliefs can be useful in a social sense even if they are not useful in a factual sense.

错误的信念虽然在事实意义上没有用，但从社会意义的角度来讲是有用的。

We learn, in a sense, by trial and error.

从某种意义上说，我们是通过反复试验、不断犯错来学习的。

In a sense, Marconi's vision jumped from his time to our own.

从某种意义上说，马可尼的愿景从他的时代跳跃到了我们的时代。

In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.

多数情况下，那里的人们实际上都是在为他们的家园而战斗。

A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels.

她的小说里充斥着社会变化的意识。

There are some stylistic elements in the statue that just don't make sense.

这座雕像中有一些风格上的成分毫无意义。

In a sense, both were right.

在某种意义上，两者都对。

It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.

从传统意义上来说，这并不是一个旅馆，而是变成了旅馆的整个村庄。

There's a lot of sense in what Mary says.

玛丽说得很在理。

Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense.

这个建议违反常识。

It is a closed society in the sense that they've not been exposed to many things.

就他们没有机会接触太多事物而言，那是个闭塞的社会。

The most elegant woman I've ever met – she had class in every sense of the word.

我曾见过的最高雅的女人–从各种意义上讲她都有品位。

There is a sense in which we are all to blame for the tragedy.

在某种意义上，对这个悲剧我们大家都有责任。

Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.

他的出身背景一般般，但绝算不上贫穷。

We are talking about education in its widest sense.

我们在讨论最广义的教育。

I'm using the word 'academic' here in a pejorative sense.

我这里使用的“学术”一词是贬义的。