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insensitive
无感觉的;感觉迟钝的;麻木的
核心释义
not responsive to physical stimuli
- 1.
对他人感受缺乏关心或考虑
Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate.
- 2.
对物理刺激无反应的
not responsive to physical stimuli
- 3.
没有正常的身体感觉
Not expressing normal physical feeling.
- 4.
缺乏人情味;在理智或道德上不敏感的
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
- 5.
没有正常的情感反应;冷漠
Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic.
对他人感受缺乏关心或考虑;对物理刺激无反应的;没有正常的身体感觉;缺乏人情味;在理智或道德上不敏感的;没有正常的情感反应;冷漠
用法In use
After the accident, his fingers were insensitive to heat.
用法提示:insensitive 在本句中作表语形容词,与 to 连用,表示“对……没有感觉”。
The patient's skin was insensitive to pain because of the local anesthetic.
用法提示:insensitive 作表语形容词,后接 to 短语,表示“对刺激无反应”。
The old thermometer became insensitive to temperature changes over time.
用法提示:insensitive 在句中作表语,说明主语对物理刺激反应迟钝。
insensitive to radiation
insensitive to the needs of the patients
be insensitive to sth
表示对物理刺激或他人感受不敏感。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- insensitive to other people's feelings
- 对他人的感受漠不关心
- He is completely insensitive to other people's feelings.他对他人的感受完全漠不关心。
- an insensitive remark
- 冷漠无礼的话
- She apologized for her insensitive remark.她为自己冷漠无礼的话道歉。
- insensitive to criticism
- 对批评无动于衷
- The manager remained insensitive to criticism of his decision.经理对他决定的批评仍无动于衷。
- culturally insensitive
- 对文化差异不敏感的,有文化冒犯性
- The advertisement was criticized as culturally insensitive.这则广告因冒犯文化而受到批评。
- insensitive to pain
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 sensitive(敏感)前头加上 in-,就成了 insensitive:对别人的情绪没感觉,像石头一样麻木。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常交谈、书面评论、医学或心理学描述 表示“不关心他人感受”时,通常用于批评或评价;表示“对物理刺激不敏感”时,多见于医学或心理学语境。日常口语和正式书面语中都可能出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的词是 sensitive、hypersensitive 和 oversensitive,它们都和 insensitive 一样以 /ˈsɛnsətɪv/ 结尾(注意 sensitive 重音在第一音节,但韵脚相同)。注意不要把 insensitive 与 insensible(/ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl/)混淆,后者结尾是 /səbəl/,意为“无知觉的”;sensible(/ˈsɛnsəbəl/)也以 /səbəl/ 结尾,意为“明智的”。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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