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单词 susceptible
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susceptibleadj.n.

/səˈsɛptɪb(ə)l/
Etymology: < medieval Latin susceptibilis (Boethius, Thomas Aquinas), < suscept- : see susception n. and -ible suffix. Compare French susceptible.
A. adj.
1. Const. of or to: Capable of taking, receiving, being affected by, or undergoing something.
a. with of: Capable of undergoing, admitting of (some action or process).The following noun of action may usually be paraphrased by a passive gerund, as susceptible of proof = capable of being proved. A passive gerund sometimes occurs, as susceptible (= capable) of being exercised.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected
subjectablea1382
subject1549
occurrent1566
obnoxious1572
prostitute1591
liable1593
incident1603
patible1603
susceptible1605
obvious1609
recipient1610
affectable1611
susceptive1637
receptivea1676
ticklish1681
subjectiblea1732
vacant1751
timid1764
susceptible1883
impressionable1889
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Kk2v This Subiect of mans bodie, is of all other thinges in Nature, most susceptible of remedie. View more context for this quotation
1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. iii. 5 Their [sc. bees'] leggs are not susceptible of a sting.
1663 J. H. tr. Selden Mare Cl. (title page) The Sea is proved by the Law Of Nature and Nations, not to be Common to all men, but to be Susceptible of Private Dominion and Propriety.
1665 J. Evelyn Let. 4 Apr. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 154 My little boy..is now susceptible of instruction.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 47 The provinces most susceptible of those improvements..which are essential to the subsistance of man.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 710 The following propositions are susceptible of strict and invincible proof.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 57 A sort of natural magic, susceptible of being exercised..by any one who [etc.].
1824 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. (ed. 5) I. iii. 314 The word..was often susceptible of both uses.
1867 F. Harrison Quest. Ref. Parl. 236 Scarcely susceptible of any criticism but contempt.
1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §86 The diamond..is not susceptible of fusion even at a very high temperature.
b. with of: Capable of taking or admitting (a form or other attribute).
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] > having capacity
potentiala1398
capable1590
susceptiblea1639
possible1736
a1639 H. Wotton Parallel betweene Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham (1641) 2 He..moulded him..to his owne Idea, delighting..in the choyse of the Materialls; because he found him susceptible of good forme.
1725 A. Pope Wks. Shakespear I. Pref. p. iv It is hard to imagine that..so enlighten'd a mind could ever have been susceptible of them [defects].
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 112 Perhaps no qualities in the world are more susceptible of a fine polish than these.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 20 This operation is susceptible of various stages and degrees of perfection.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 169/2 Nor does it admit of that beauty of decoration of which they are susceptible.
c. with of, now more commonly to: Capable of receiving and being affected by (external impressions, influences, etc., esp. something injurious); sensitive to; liable or open to (attack, injury, etc.).
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be > open to the influence of
flexible?1531
suppling1563
accessible1693
susceptible1702
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected
subjectablea1382
subject1549
occurrent1566
obnoxious1572
prostitute1591
liable1593
incident1603
patible1603
susceptible1605
obvious1609
recipient1610
affectable1611
susceptive1637
receptivea1676
ticklish1681
subjectiblea1732
vacant1751
timid1764
susceptible1883
impressionable1889
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 99 All which..made him susceptible of some Impressions..which otherwise would not have found such easy admission.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §45. 52 Being very susceptible of Offence.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest III. xvii. 132 He was peculiarly susceptible of the beautiful and sublime in nature.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. I. 172 Hill..was infinitely too susceptible of criticism.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. x. 223 Men of their ardent temper were susceptible of the contagion of his genius.
a1867 J. Bryce in Brodrick Ess. Reform (1867) 245 Susceptible from their very excess of acuteness to every transient impression.
1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 128 Early poets are not susceptible to the ridiculous as we are.
1876 Q. Rev. 141 78 Swift, like Goethe, was exceedingly susceptible of female influences.
1883 Manch. Guard. 12 Oct. 4/5 In a period of uncertainty stocks which are quoted far above their face value are more susceptible to attack.
1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 168 It is curious to find him susceptible to the beginning of the Gothic Revival.
d. with of (rarely to): Capable of receiving into the mind, conceiving, or being inwardly affected by (a thought, feeling or emotion); capable of; disposed to; †disposed to take up or adopt; †able to take in or comprehend.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective]
understandablea1382
understandinga1382
intellectivea1475
witted1528
receivable1548
intellectible1557
intelligenced1596
recipient1610
intelligential1646
susceptible1646
apprehending1656
open1672
intellected1791
receptive1817
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] > susceptible to something spec.
sensible1611
countablea1616
susceptive1637
touchable1642
susceptible1646
1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 10 The multitude is susceptible of any opinions.
1699 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (ed. 4) §167 Childrens Minds are narrow, and weak, and usually susceptible but of one Thought at once.
1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. ii. 229 As the Rational only are susceptible of a Happiness truly excellent.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 222 That capital secret, of which you are not yet susceptible.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 563 His temper was not very susceptible of zeal or enthusiasm.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 323 A heart Susceptible of pity.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iv. 35 Her young heart was susceptible only of pleasure and curiosity.
1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. x. 257 It was God who made us susceptible to hope and to fear.
e. with of or to: Capable of being physically affected by; esp. liable to take, subject to (a disease or other affection).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > susceptible to disease
subject1548
susceptible1793
infectable1860
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 155 Children are so susceptible of inflammations.
1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. vii. 50 The young of the dog kind are less susceptible of this particular..disease.
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 287 An inhabitant of these islands, who has constitutional susceptibilities that are unpleasantly affected by a humid..atmosphere.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 162/2 An increasing number of individuals who have become susceptible to smallpox.
f. with of (rarely to) and gerund or noun of action: Capable of, or in fit condition for (doing something). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > for, of, or to do something
avenantc1400
habile1558
well1611
capacitated1669
capacious1677
susceptible1829
facultied1862
1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 350 Transparent carbonate of lime susceptible of doubling the images of objects.
1838 Buckstone Shocking Events (French's ed.) 9 Spo. (To Dorothy). Are you susceptible of a promenade? Dor. I shall be delighted.
?c1850 W. M. Thackeray in W. Brown's Catal. No. 159 Aug. (1905) 71 I am getting better and am susceptible to seeing ladies.
2. Without const.
a. Capable of being affected by, or easily moved to, feeling; subject to emotional (or mental) impression; impressionable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective]
passiblec1384
susceptive1577
impressive1593
waxy1594
eath1596
impressible1626
mutual1657
responsive1657
open1672
susceptible1709
unsteeled1744
unblunted1775
sensate1788
affectible1796
tangible1813
suscipient1815
impressionable1833
impressional1860
unseared1860
reachable1873
passionful1902
1709 M. Prior Henry & Emma 519 With Him, who next should tempt her easie Fame; And blow with empty Words the susceptible Flame.
a1821 V. Knox Liberal Educ. xlvi, in Wks. (1824) IV. 179 In the most susceptible periods of their lives.
1838 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Clouds 188 The moral influences which particular..modes of music were apt to exert over the minds of their susceptible countrymen.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 455 The tidings were eagerly welcomed by the sanguine and susceptible people of France.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 70 We must remember also the susceptible nature of the Greek.
b. Subject to some physical affection, as infection, etc.
ΚΠ
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 149 Tartar emetic is an irritant, acting upon some..susceptible skins in a very short time.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 549 By cultures and by inoculations into susceptible animals.
3. Capable of being taken in by the mind; comprehensible, intelligible. Const. to. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]
understandinga1382
sensiblea1393
knowablea1425
perceivablec1443
takablec1449
understandablec1475
intendible1489
intentiblea1492
intelligible1509
facile1531
level1559
discernable1561
receptible1574
intendable?1577
excogitable1592
penetrable1594
comprehensible1598
scrutablec1604
distinguishable1611
discernible1616
perviousa1631
fathomable1633
cognoscible1648
colligible1650
determinable1658
intelligent1676
cognizable1681
apprehensive1692
susceptible1694
tangible1709
apprehensible1715
pronounced1728
comprehendible1814
graspable1818
prehensiblea1832
prononcé1838
possible1864
receivable1865
unsmothered1891
readable1908
discriminable1946
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 561/2 To make it susceptible to every mean understanding, we will give you it..in the following Words.
B. n.
Medicine. An individual capable of getting a disease because not immune.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > susceptible to disease
susceptible1923
1923 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 37 255 The massive lethal dose of a 1:200 dilution or less selects a relatively constant number of susceptibles.
1944 L. E. H. Whitby Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 4) iii. 30 When the proportion of susceptibles is high the disease becomes epidemic until the endemic level of susceptibles is again reached.
1980 Sci. Amer. July 26/3 A graph shows the cases reported from 1950 on; there are peaks every four to seven years, time to accumulate a pool of new susceptibles ‘following the high birth rate’ in densely populated areas.

Derivatives

suˈsceptibleness n. = susceptibility n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > ability or liability to be affected
danger1377
subjection1593
susceptiblenessa1631
susceptibility1644
obnoxiety1656
obviousness1669
receptiveness1701
sensibility1703
affectibility1817
sensitiveness1825
impressionability1835
impressionality1884
affectability1908
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [noun] > capacity for some specific emotion
susceptiblenessa1631
susceptibility1751
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 355 Grace finds out mans naturall faculties, and exalts them to a capacity, and a susceptiblenesse of the working thereof.
suˈsceptibly adv. in a susceptible manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adverb]
quicklyOE
tenderlya1400
tender1424
feelingly1706
susceptibly1785
sensitively1824
tinderly1825
soulfully1841
uncynically1895
1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life II. 111 I heard a voice uttering somewhat aloud; but what it was I could not distinguish, from being so susceptibly interested in my part.
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