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词汇 sensitivity
释义 sensitivity
noun
uk /ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/ us /ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/(alsosensitiveness)

sensitivitynoun (KINDNESS)


C1[ C or U ]
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind to them: 善解人意;体贴;体谅
The police showed commendable sensitivity in their handling of the case.警方在处理该案时表现出高度敏锐性,值得赞扬。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sympathy & compassion
aw
bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
better luck next timeidiom
bleeding heart
cheese
heart-wrenching
heart-wrenchingly
heartrending
pitiful
pitifully
pitifulness
pity
pityingly
relate
sympathetic
sympathize
sympathy
too badidiom
your heart achesidiom
your heart goes out to someoneidiom

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Empathy and sensitivity

sensitivitynoun (UPSETTING)


C1[ U or Cusually pl ]
the quality of being easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry: 神经过敏;易被冒犯;敏感
I should have warned you about her sensitivity to criticism.我早该警告你,她对别人的批评十分敏感。
[ U ]
the fact of a situation, subject, etc. needing to be dealt with carefully in order to avoid upsetting people: (话题、形势等)敏感,谨慎对待
Such is the sensitivity of the information that only two people are allowed to know it.这份情报极为敏感,所以只允许两个人知道。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bad-tempered
argumentative
bad-tempered
be hell on wheelsidiom
be like a bear with a sore headidiom
be spoiling for a fightidiom
grouchiness
grouchy
grumpily
grumpiness
grumpy
pettish
pettishly
petulance
petulancy
petulant
stroppy
surlily
surliness
testily
testiness

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Making people sad, shocked and upset
Complicated and difficult to do

sensitivitynoun (REACTING EASILY)


[ U or C ]
having a strong physical reaction to something: 过敏
One of the side effects of the drug is an increased sensitivity to sunlight.这种药的一个副作用是会增强对太阳光的敏感性。
[ U ]
the ability to record small changes in weight, temperature, etc.: 灵敏度(记录重量、温度等的微小变化的能力)
The sensitivity of the machine provides us with extremely accurate data.这个机器很灵敏,给我们提供了极为准确的数据。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Reacting and responding
acknowledge
act on something
adverse reaction
Babinski reflex
backlash
bat
bat something back
hypersensitive
hypersensitize
non-response
non-responsive
on your toesidiom
reaction
reception
sensitiveness
step
step up to the plateidiom
strike while the iron is hotidiom
supersensitivity
toe

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Machines - general words

sensitivity | American Dictionary


sensitivity
noun
us/ˌsen·səˈtɪv·ɪ·t̬i/

sensitivitynoun (TENDENCY TO BE UPSET)


[ U/C ]
the tendency to become upset about things:
[ U ]He didn’t want to say anything because of Susan's sensitivity.
[ C ]He tried to avoid offending their sensitivities.

sensitivitynoun (PHYSICAL REACTION)


[ C/U ](alsosensitiveness, us/ˈsen·sət̬·ɪv·nəs/)
the quality of being easily influenced, changed, or damaged, esp. by a physical activity or effect:
[ C ]Many people have food sensitivities or allergies.

sensitivitynoun (CAREFUL TREATMENT)


[ U ]
the quality of needing to be treated with care or secrecy:
This issue needs to be approached with special sensitivity.

sensitivitynoun (UNDERSTANDING)


[ U ]
an awareness and understanding, esp. of other people's feelings and needs:
A good teacher has enthusiasm, intelligence, and sensitivity to students’ needs.

sensitivity | Business English


sensitivity
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌsensɪˈtɪvəti/us
the quality of being easily influenced or affected by something:
The preference may be for stocks with less interest-rate sensitivity.
the fact of a subject, situation, etc. needing to be dealt with carefully or kept secret:
He spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity of the issue.
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful to them:
As a manager, she handles inter-personal issues with great sensitivity.

Examples of sensitivity


sensitivity
This sensitivity marked not only his philosophical writings, but also his historical ones.
The results suggest that both neural sensitivity and neural efficiency appear to be good predictors of phonetic learning.
Seventy-eight per cent admitted that they would be more empathetic towards patients, with greater sensitivity to their psychological distress, in the future.
The restriction aims at reducing the combinatorial complexity of rule numbers due to the order sensitivity of phrase structure grammar.
We also routinely check samples before and after longer exposures even for samples that pass initial screening of radiation sensitivity.
In five out of six fish, sensitivity recovered to normal.
Sensitivity analyses surrounding the base-line risk of hernia, mortality rates for patients with nonoperative cancer, and rates of re-operation after recurrence were also conducted.
Two determinants had a unique contribution to the prediction of symbolic competence: maternal depression and parent sensitivity.
Sensitivity and flexibility are needed for engaging with individual families, but accurate measurement is needed for systems control.
Sensitivity in the caregiver-infant interaction was assessed by behavior observations within the scope of home visits.
Sensitivity to spatiotemporal colour contrast in the peripheral visual field.
Examples include empathy, flexibility, sensitivity and courage, precise qualities varying according to the individual.
In sensitivity analyses we defined intervention costs as actual costs plus intervention training costs.
However, adding terms to the search strategy to improve sensitivity would probably lower precision.
The sensitivity and precision results for the search of the specialized databases and trial registries for the acupuncture project were 14.2% and 17.6%, respectively.
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Collocations withsensitivity


sensitivity

These are words often used in combination with sensitivity.

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acute sensitivity
In these circumstances, there was acutesensitivity to the signification of value in claims about mind.
climate sensitivity
The analysis does not directly link development to a change in climate sensitivity.
cultural sensitivity
Supervising inter national students requires culturalsensitivity.
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