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be touchy about sth
主语常为人，about 后接容易引起不快的话题。
She's touchy about her age.
她对自己的年龄很敏感。
易怒的；过于敏感的
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易怒的；过于敏感的
easily offended or upset
She's touchy about her age.
她对自己的年龄很敏感。
极度敏感或易变；容易受扰至不稳定；需谨慎或圆通对待。
Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
易怒的；过于敏感的。
Easily offended, oversensitive.
She's very touchy about her age, so don't ask.
她对年龄非常敏感，所以别问。
He gets touchy when people criticize his cooking.
别人批评他的厨艺时，他会变得很敏感。
Don't be so touchy — I was only joking.
别这么敏感——我只是开玩笑而已。
主语常为人，about 后接容易引起不快的话题。
She's touchy about her age.
她对自己的年龄很敏感。
作定语，表示需要小心处理、容易引发争议的事物。
Money is a touchy subject in many families.
钱在许多家庭里是个敏感话题。
口语中常用，表示开始变得敏感或不悦。
Don't get touchy — I'm just joking.
别生气——我只是开个玩笑。
Not this
The movie was very touchy.
Use this
The movie was very touching.
touchy 意为“易怒的、敏感的”，而表示“感人的”应用 touching。两个词都与 touch 有关，但意义完全不同，学习者常将二者混淆。
Not this
She is very touchy on her privacy.
Use this
She is very touchy about her privacy.
形容词 touchy 表示“对某事敏感、易因某事生气”时，后接介词 about，而不是 on。中国学习者常受“对……敏感”的直译影响，误用 on 或 with。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
敏感话题
We avoided the touchy subject of salaries.
我们避开了薪资这个敏感话题。
棘手问题
Immigration remains a touchy issue in many countries.
移民在许多国家仍是一个棘手问题。
对……过于敏感
She's touchy about her age.
她对年龄很敏感。
变得易怒
He gets touchy when criticized.
他受到批评时会变得易怒。
不好回答的问题
The reporter asked a touchy question about the scandal.
记者问了一个关于丑闻的敏感问题。
过分亲昵的；感情外露的
The seminar got a little too touchy-feely for my taste.
这个研讨会对我来说有点过于煽情。
敏感话题；易引起不快的话题
We avoided talking about his divorce; it's a touchy subject.
我们避免谈论他的离婚，那是个敏感话题。
对某事物敏感；对某事物容易生气
He's very touchy about his height.
他对自己的身高非常敏感。
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touchy 像 touch（触碰）+ y，一碰就发火，形容过于敏感、易怒。
语域：neutral 常见场景：personal criticism、delicate topics touchy 是日常用词，正式程度中性，多用于形容人容易生气或对批评过于敏感；也可形容话题或问题棘手，需要谨慎处理。正式写作中表达“敏感”可考虑用 sensitive 或 delicate。
比较级 touchier，最高级 touchiest。
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