Susceptible



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.易受影响的, 脆弱的
• ［英］ adj.易受影响的, 脆弱的 ( unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency)
• ［记］ sus ( 在...下面) +cept ( 接受) +ible -> 在下面接受 -> 容易接受 -> 易受影响的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere to take up, admit, from sub-, sus- up + capere to take — more at sub-, heave
• Date: 1605
• 1. capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation <a theory susceptible to proof>
• 2. open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency <susceptible to pneumonia>
• 3. impressionable, responsive <a susceptible mind>
• Synonyms: see liable
• ? susceptibleness noun
• ? susceptibly adverb

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