Word · Frequency #10191
sensibility
感情;情感(尤指易受伤害的)
核心释义
常以复数形式 sensibilities 出现,如 offend/upset someone's sensibilities 意为“冒犯某人的感情”。
Feelings or emotions, especially those that are easily hurt or offended (often used in the plural).
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由审美或道德标准引发或与之相关的情感或感受,尤指敏感而易受伤害或冒犯的情感。
Emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended.
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心智反应与觉察能力
mental responsiveness and awareness
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感觉、知觉或感知的能力;对感官刺激的反应性;敏感性;也指某人或某物(尤其是感觉器官或组织)对感官刺激作出反应的程度。
The ability to feel, perceive, or sense; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity; also, the degree to which someone or something (especially a sensory organ or tissue) is able to respond to sensory stimuli.
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对愉悦或痛苦印象的精细敏感度
refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
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易受外力或刺激影响的性质;也指测量仪器能够检测环境中细微变化的能力。
The quality of being easily affected by external forces or stimuli; also, of a measuring instrument: the quality of being able to detect small changes in the environment.
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(生理学) 对外部刺激的反应性;感觉能力
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
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对创造性表达或情感事物的敏锐感受力;艺术或情感意识。
Keen sensitivity to matters of creative expression or feeling; artistic or emotional awareness.
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与理解能力相对的感觉或感知能力;也指德国哲学家伊曼努尔·康德(1724–1804)哲学中的:与意志相对的情感或感受。
The ability to perceive or sense as opposed to the ability to understand; also, in the philosophy of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): emotion or feeling as opposed to the will.
(对艺术或情感的)感受力;审美感受力;敏感性;感受性;灵敏度;心智感受性;心理觉察力;感性;由审美或道德标准引发或与之相关的情感或感受,尤指敏感而易受伤害或冒犯的情感。
用法In use
Her artistic sensibility is evident in the way she combines colors.
用法提示:这里“sensibility”指对艺术的敏感和感知能力。
The comedian's jokes offended the audience's cultural sensibilities.
用法提示:此处“sensibilities”复数形式表示群体的情感或感受。
He has a keen sensibility for others' emotions, making him a good listener.
用法提示:这里“sensibility”指对他人情感的敏感和洞察力。
cruelty offended his sensibility
possessive + sensibility
常用所有格修饰sensibility,表示某人的感受或敏感性。
The novel appeals to the reader's sensibility.
这部小说迎合了读者的感性。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- aesthetic sensibility
- 审美感知力
- Her aesthetic sensibility is evident in her choice of colors.她对色彩的选择彰显了她的审美感知力。
- moral sensibility
- 道德敏感性
- The novel explores the moral sensibility of its protagonist.这部小说探讨了主人公的道德敏感性。
- literary sensibility
- 文学感受力
- His literary sensibility was shaped by reading classic works.他的文学感受力是通过阅读经典作品形成的。
- emotional sensibility
- 情感敏感度
- Artists often have a heightened emotional sensibility.艺术家通常具有更高的情感敏感度。
- artistic sensibility
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想'sense'(感觉)+ 'ability'(能力)= 感觉能力,即sensibility。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:文学批评、心理学讨论、生理学描述 该词多用于正式或学术语境,如文学批评、心理学或生理学讨论中,表示精细的感知或反应能力。
语法说明Grammar Note
表示‘敏感性’时通常不可数,但‘情感’意义时常可数(如sensibilities)
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -bility (/-ˈbɪlɪti/) rhyme with sensibility. Be careful: 'sensitive' and 'sensitivity' end with -tivity (/-ˈtɪvɪti/), which sounds different.
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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