sensitive

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sensitive /ˈsɛnsətɪv/ adjective

sensitive

/ˈsɛnsətɪv/

adjective

Learner's definition of SENSITIVE

[more sensitive; most sensitive]

a : easily upset by the things that people think or say about you敏感的；容易生气的

a moody, sensitive teenager喜怒无常的神经质少年
He acts like a tough guy, but he's really very sensitive to criticism.他表现得像个硬汉，但其实他对批评很敏感。

— often + about

She's painfully/overly sensitive about her looks. [=she cares very/too much about what people say or think about her looks]她对自己的容貌过于在意了。
a sensitive soul [=a person who is easily hurt emotionally]情感易受伤之人

— opposite insensitive

b : likely to cause people to become upset易惹恼人的；令人不安的；敏感的

a : aware of and understanding the feelings of other people善解人意的；体察的

— often + to

— opposite insensitive

b : having an understanding of something : aware of something理解的；意识到的 — + to

We are sensitive to the need to act quickly in this situation.我们意识到在这种情形下需要迅速行动。

: easily affected by something in a way that is not pleasant or good : reacting to something in, on, or around you in a bad way易过敏的；易受不良影响的

— often + to

She is sensitive to pollen (in the air).她对（空气中的）花粉过敏。
My teeth are sensitive to cold foods.我的牙齿对冷的食物敏感。
I am sensitive to wheat. [=I become ill when I eat wheat]我一吃小麦就不舒服。
Now that I'm older, I'm more sensitive to (the) cold. [=I feel colder in cold surroundings now than I did in the past]我现在年纪大了，比从前更怕凉了。

: able to express thoughts and feelings through writing, music, dance, etc.有表现力的

technical

a : able to sense very small changes in something灵敏的；灵敏度高的

b : changing in response to something感应的

: needing to be handled in a careful or secret way in order to protect someone or something机密的；保密的

highly sensitive information [=information that could be harmful if many people knew it; information that should be kept secret]高度机密的情报
sensitive financial data保密的财政数据

— sensitively

adverb