• adj. 有感情的；有感覺力的；意識到的
• n. 有知覺的人

來自拉丁語 sentire,感覺，感知，詞源同 sense.-ent,形容詞后綴。

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.

1. Man is a sentient being.

人是有感覺的生物。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Our reaction to software as sentient is both unconscious and unavoidable.

我們將軟件視為一個生命體是無意識的,也是不可避免的.

來自About Face 3交互設計精髓

3. The condition of several moved him as he would have been moved by maimed sentient beings.

其中有幾處,讓他看了非常難過,就象他看見有感覺的活東西受到殘害那樣.

來自辭典例句

4. Yesterday that peace and prosperity were the birthright of all sentient beings.

昨天和平與繁榮還是所有人與生俱來的權利.

來自電影對白

5. What constitutes a sentient life form?

法律對一個有知覺的生命是在定義的?

來自電影對白