Sensitive



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• adj. 敏感的
• ［英］ adj. 敏感的 ( strongly or easily influenced by something)
• ［类］ quixotic : idealistic / touchy : sensitive ( 程度: 过分理想和理想 / 过分敏感和敏感) 反义词: numb ( 麻木)
• ［记］ sens（感觉）+itive

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, probably alteration of sensativus, from sensatus sensate
• Date: 15th century
• 1. sensory 2
• 2.
  • a. receptive to sense impressions
  • b. capable of being stimulated or excited by external agents (as light, gravity, or contact) <sensitive cells>
• 3. highly responsive or susceptible: as
  • a.
    • (1) easily hurt or damaged; especially easily hurt emotionally
    • (2) delicately aware of the attitudes and feelings of others
  • b. excessively or abnormally susceptible ; hypersensitive <sensitive to egg protein>
  • c. readily fluctuating in price or demand <sensitive commodities>
  • d. capable of indicating minute differences ; delicate <sensitive scales>
  • e. readily affected or changed by various agents (as light or mechanical shock) <a photographic emulsion sensitive to red light>
  • f. highly radiosensitive
• 4.
  • a. concerned with highly classified government information or involving discretionary authority over important policy matters <sensitive documents>
  • b. calling for tact, care, or caution in treatment ; touchy <a sensitive issue like race relations>
• 5. having or showing concern for a specified matter — usually used in combination<a price-sensitive customer><environmentally sensitive policies>
• Synonyms: see liable
• ? sensitively adverb
• ? sensitiveness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1838
• 1. a person having occult or psychical abilities
• 2. a sensitive person

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