a sensitive
作名词时是可数名词，前面通常加 a/an 或 the，复数形式为 sensitives。
She claims to be a sensitive who can feel things that others cannot.
她声称自己是个通灵者，能感知到别人感知不到的东西。
对大多数人无法感知的事物有超自然敏感度的人。；作为生者与死者之间的中介的人
A person with paranormal sensitivity, especially one who acts as a medium between the living and the dead.
对大多数人无法感知的事物有超自然敏感度的人。
A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
作为生者与死者之间的中介的人
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
The sensitive claimed she could help the family contact their deceased grandfather.
这位灵媒声称她能帮助这家人联系他们已故的祖父。
用法提示：这里sensitive作为名词，指代与死者沟通的人，即灵媒。
Many people visit the sensitive for guidance from the spirit world.
许多人拜访这位灵媒，寻求来自灵界的指引。
用法提示：sensitive在此句中用作名词，表示灵媒这一角色。
The sensitive's visions often revealed messages from the departed.
这位灵媒的幻象常常揭示逝者传递的信息。
用法提示：sensitive's是名词所有格形式，表示灵媒的。
作名词时是可数名词，前面通常加 a/an 或 the，复数形式为 sensitives。
She claims to be a sensitive who can feel things that others cannot.
她声称自己是个通灵者，能感知到别人感知不到的东西。
后面常接 who 引导的定语从句，说明这位通灵者的能力或身份。
He went to see a sensitive who said she could speak with the dead.
他去找了一位自称能与死者交谈的灵媒。
复数形式指多个人，常出现在谈论超自然信仰的语境中。
Some people believe that sensitives can communicate with the dead.
有些人相信灵媒能与死者沟通。
最贴近 sensitive 的名词用法，指能与死者沟通、作为生死两界中介的人；比 psychic 更具体地指向通灵媒介。
泛指有超自然感知能力（如预知、读心）的人，范围比 sensitive 更广，不一定涉及与死者沟通。
特指能看见或感知常人无法感知的事物的人，是 psychic 的一种，侧重超视觉或预知能力。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are three sensitive living in that village.
正确表达There are three sensitives living in that village.
sensitive 表示“通灵者”时是可数名词，复数直接加 -s 变为 sensitives，不能像形容词那样保持原形不变。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is sensitive who can talk to the dead.
正确表达She is a sensitive who can talk to the dead.
此处 sensitive 是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词 a；不加冠词时它是形容词，不能充当 who 定语从句所修饰的名词中心词。
grammar · medium
易错句子My aunt is a sensitivity who speaks with spirits.
正确表达My aunt is a sensitive who speaks with spirits.
sensitivity 是抽象名词，意思是“敏感性”；要指“通灵者”这个具体的人，须用可数名词 sensitive。
通灵者
The psychic sensitive claimed to sense spirits in the old house.
这位通灵者声称能感觉到老房子里的幽灵。
有天赋的通灵者
As a gifted sensitive, she could perceive emotions others hid.
作为有天赋的通灵者，她能感知到别人隐藏的情绪。
年轻的通灵者
The young sensitive struggled to control her visions.
这位年轻的通灵者难以控制自己的幻视。
通灵者的天赋
The sensitive's gift allowed her to communicate with the dead.
这位通灵者的天赋使她能与死者交流。
词根；同根词：sensible, sensory, insensitive
形容词后缀
敏感者常声称能感知周围人或环境散发出的能量场。
敏感者通常被认为能与死者或灵体沟通。
敏感者感知或看见的对象常是鬼魂。
敏感者常在降神会上作为媒介与亡灵交流。
敏感者所感知的内容一般属于超自然范畴。
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