1. | [u] ~ (to sth) 体贴；体恤；体察the ability to understand other people's feelings |
sensitivity to the needs of children 体察孩子们的需要 | |
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。 |
2. | [u] 敏锐的感觉；悟性the ability to understand art, music and literature and to express yourself through them |
She played with great sensitivity. 她的表演很有悟性。 |
3. | [u][c][usupl] 容易生气；易被惹恼；敏感a tendency to be easily offended or upset by sth |
He's a mixture of anger and sensitivity. 他气量小又太敏感。 | |
She was blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people. 她无视他人的情感和敏感之处。 |
4. | [u] 敏感性the fact of needing to be treated very carefully because it may offend or upset people |
Confidentiality is important because of the sensitivity of the information. 这情报很敏感，务必保密。 |
5. | [u][c][usupl] 敏感性；过敏性the quality of reacting quickly or more than usual to sth |
food sensitivity 食物过敏 | |
allergies and sensitivities 过敏反应 | |
Some children develop a sensitivity to cow's milk. 有的孩子对牛奶过敏。 | |
The eyes of some fish have a greater sensitivity to light than ours do. 有些鱼的眼睛比人类的眼睛对光更敏感。 |
6. | [u] 灵敏度the ability to measure very small changes |
the sensitivity of the test 测试的灵敏度 |
