sensitivity
英 [sensɪ'tɪvɪtɪ]
美['sɛnsə'tɪvəti]
- n. 敏感;敏感性;过敏
词态变化
复数: sensitivities;
英英释意
- 1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli;
- "sensitivity to pain"
- 2. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences;
- "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"
- 3. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- 4. susceptibility to a pathogen
- 5. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
英文词源
- sensitivity (n.)
- 1803, from sensitive + -ity. Sensitivity training attested by 1954.
考试真题
- A dry mouth may reduce taste sensitivity, but taste is restored by drinking fluids.
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
- As a poet, Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self-expression, like the disciplines of metre and rhyme (韵律), spur creative thought
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- Now some experts are proposing that we should take advantage of the teen brain's keen sensitivity to the presence of friends and leverage it to improve education.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
实用场景例句
- sensitivity to the needs of children
- 体察孩子们的需要
牛津词典
- She pointed out with tact and sensitivity exactly where he had gone wrong.
- 她明确指出了他的错误所在,既委婉又体贴。
牛津词典
- She played with great sensitivity.
- 她的表演很有悟性。
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- He's a mixture of anger and sensitivity.
- 他气量小又太敏感。
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- She was blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people.
- 她无视他人的情感和敏感之处。
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- Confidentiality is important because of the sensitivity of the information.
- 这情报很敏感,务必保密。
牛津词典
- food sensitivity
- 食物过敏
牛津词典
- allergies and sensitivities
- 过敏反应
牛津词典
- Some children develop a sensitivity to cow's milk.
- 有的孩子对牛奶过敏。
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- The eyes of some fish have a greater sensitivity to light than ours do.
- 有些鱼的眼睛对光比我们敏感。
牛津词典
- the sensitivity of the test
- 测试的灵敏度
牛津词典
- The classroom teacher must be sensitive to a child's needs...
- 班主任必须对小学生的需求体察入微。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was always so sensitive and caring.
- 他总是如此理解和关心别人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Young people are very sensitive about their appearance...
- 年轻人对外表很在意。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Take it easy. Don't be so sensitive.
- 放松点,别这么敏感。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Employment is a very sensitive issue.
- 就业是一个非常棘手的问题。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...politically sensitive matters.
- 政治敏感事件
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He instructed staff to shred sensitive documents.
- 他吩咐员工将机密文件用碎纸机销毁。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...sensitive information which, in the wrong hands, could jeopardise the safety of British troops.
- 落入敌人手中会危及英军安全的机要情报
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a chemical which is sensitive to light.
- 对光敏感的化学品
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...gentle cosmetics for sensitive skin.
- 适用于敏感性皮肤的温和化妆品
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...an extremely sensitive microscope.
- 高灵敏度的显微镜
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The results revealed mild lowering contrast sensitivity at high spatial frequency for our glaucoma patients.
- 然而特定轴度之闪光眩耀测试结果并未见明显差别.
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