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sensitivity

英 [sensɪ'tɪvɪtɪ] 美['sɛnsə'tɪvəti]
  • n. 敏感;敏感性;过敏

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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

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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。

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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。

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food sensitivity
食物过敏

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allergies and sensitivities
过敏反应

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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。

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the sensitivity of the test
测试的灵敏度

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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。

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Young people are very sensitive about their appearance...
年轻人对外表很在意。

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Take it easy. Don't be so sensitive.
放松点,别这么敏感。

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Employment is a very sensitive issue.
就业是一个非常棘手的问题。

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...politically sensitive matters.
政治敏感事件

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He instructed staff to shred sensitive documents.
他吩咐员工将机密文件用碎纸机销毁。

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...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

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...a chemical which is sensitive to light.
对光敏感的化学品

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...gentle cosmetics for sensitive skin.
适用于敏感性皮肤的温和化妆品

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...an extremely sensitive microscope.
高灵敏度的显微镜

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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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