Sensation

(n.)

1. (a)

feeling in one's body resulting from sth that happens or is done to it

感受；感觉

e.g. a sensation of warmth, dizziness, falling

温暖、眩晕、下降的感觉

e.g. Massage produces wonderful sensations.

按摩可产生舒适的感觉。

(b)

general awarness or impression not caused by anything that can be seen or defined

下意识的感觉

e.g. I had the sensation that I was being watched.

我觉得有人监视着我。

(c)

ability to feel through the sense of touch

知觉；触觉

lose all sensation in one's legs

腿部完全失去知觉

e.g. Some sensation is coming back to my arm.

我的胳膊逐渐恢复一些知觉。

2. state of great surprise, excitement, interest, etc. among many people

轰动；群情激动

e.g. The news caused a great sensation.

这个消息十分轰动。

e.g. (derog. 贬) Sensation-seeking newspapers tried to cash in on her misery.

专登危言耸听内容的报纸竭力渲染她的苦境来卖钱。

e.g. She became  a Boston sensation after she wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher Gerorge Whitfield in 1770.

在她写了一首关于1770年福音派传教士乔治·惠特菲尔德去世的诗之后，她轰动了波士顿。

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