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单词 receptive
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Definition of receptive in English:

receptive

adjective rɪˈsɛptɪvrəˈsɛptɪv
  • 1Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.

    a receptive audience
    the institution was receptive to new ideas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She says people are very receptive to this idea.
    • Our President, it is said, simply wasn't receptive to this idea.
    • We have sought to respond to their concerns and have been receptive to new ideas and theories put forward by them.
    • People are open and receptive to timely suggestions on what to drink.
    • So far the government has proved receptive to the idea.
    • You are receptive to new ideas and intuitive in relationships.
    • Their motivation for the series is to expand its audience among the theater-going public, which is not always receptive to new ideas.
    • Some ministers are known to be receptive to the idea of tolls, provided they are only applied to new roads.
    • He attempts to settle his mother into the nursing home, but finds that her old friends aren't quite so receptive to the idea.
    • To his credit, he has had an excellent rapport with the selectors, who find him quite receptive to ideas and suggestions from various quarters.
    • I think it helps them become better musicians because they are more receptive to different musical ideas.
    • Unfortunately not many of them were receptive to the idea.
    • You have to show yourselves as people with open minds, receptive to the ideas of independent voices in the boardroom.
    • If other group members appraise him as a creative type, they are likely to be a receptive audience for his ideas, and he should fit into the group harmoniously.
    • Even those who were most receptive to foreign ideas adapted them in line with traditional Russian concerns, interests and attitudes.
    • His ideas found a receptive audience in literate circles from Lisbon to Moscow, and they supply a convenient starting place for an examination of European political systems.
    • Sometimes, even if you think you're being totally reasonable, your mom may not be receptive to your suggestions.
    • They were both extremely interested and receptive to my ideas.
    • They must be open and receptive to the ideas of others.
    • But were foresters, or for that matter loggers, receptive to this idea?
    Synonyms
    open-minded, ready/willing to consider new ideas, open to new ideas, open to suggestions, open, responsive, amenable, sympathetic, well disposed, interested, attuned, flexible, willing, favourable, approachable, accessible, friendly, welcoming
    susceptible, impressionable, suggestible, pliable, pliant
    rare susceptive, acceptive, acceptant
    1. 1.1 Able to receive signals or stimuli.
      the goldfish's vision is receptive to a wider band of light than almost any other animal
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sensory isolation creates an alert and receptive state of mind, so floatation works well combined with hypnotherapy to treat smoking and weight problems
      • Clearly the recent rains had left their mark as fairways were still wet and greens very receptive and the scores were good, though not brilliant.
      • Infants may seem to be sleeping most of the time, but they're far more intelligent and receptive than most adults imagine.
      • Considerable flowering asynchrony among fig trees in any population increases the likelihood that a fig wasp emerging at any time of year will be able to locate a receptive fig.
      • Exfoliation removes dead skin cells, embedded dirt and toxins, and stimulates the skin, making it receptive to the nutrient-rich facial mask that should follow.
    2. 1.2 (of a female animal) ready to mate.
      only the dominant male would have had access to the receptive female
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If females were unable to convey this important mating and location information, males would not know which females were receptive or where to find them.
      • We watched both receptive and unreceptive females.
      • On the afternoon of estrus, the resident male appeared to actively defend the receptive female on his territory.
      • When a receptive female comes along, however, it's every bull for himself.
      • The mating ritual begins when the male visits receptive females.
      • By blocking or scrambling messages from females, he may be keeping competing males from realizing that a receptive female is nearby.
      • During the breeding season, male foxes may closely follow sexually receptive females for several days, although this is not always the case.
      • Adult females become receptive to male advances only in years when they have stored enough body fat to bear a litter.
      • During the mating season, males drum while wandering around the habitat searching for receptive females, which are more stationary than are males.
      • Thus, downwind males could be located higher in the vegetation to increase their chances of intercepting a pheromone plume and locating a receptive female.
      • A receptive female responds by swimming in a tight circle, exposing her abdomen and facilitating insemination.
      • Male African lions perform this maneuver when they consort with a receptive female, herding her in the desired direction.
      • Estrus is the period when the female is sexually receptive and breeding can occur.
      • When searching for receptive females, males patrol around the habitat and stop to drum on the dry uppermost leaves on the ground.
      • In the study, male meadow voles were paired with sexually receptive females in two cages.
      • While grooming, the male flying fox keeps his genitals exposed, indicating to nearby females that he is receptive to mating.
      • Although the mice mated normally with receptive female mice, the females did not become pregnant.
      • In females, estrogens and progestins activate female receptive behaviors and parental care.
      • In a variety of mammals, females must adopt a receptive posture for sexual intercourse to occur.
      • In most mammals the female is only receptive to sex at certain times (when she is most likely to get pregnant).

Derivatives

  • receptively

  • adverbrɪˈsɛptɪvlirəˈsɛptɪvli
    • It is hard work to listen receptively to the opinions of those with whom we disagree.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Given that scores were based only on stimulus words that the child could receptively recognize, it is not surprising that the correct pronunciation was almost always judged to be acceptable.
      • The little thing crooned deeply, and opened its mouth receptively to be fed.
      • All leaders and workers listen receptively to one another and are involved together in many of the important decisions of the organization.
      • If you have a stack of papers to get through, I still suggest that you first read a couple of them receptively, without doing anything to them, to get a sense for what students are doing and how the assignment worked.
  • receptiveness

  • noun rɪˈsɛptɪvnəsrəˈsɛptɪvnəs
    • Researchers found that a midday siesta is all you need to return your brain to its early morning, wide-awake state of receptiveness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This receptiveness led him to spend more time in Berlin and now, with a pregnant girlfriend there and a gallery that eagerly promotes his work, he has made the city his second home.
      • There's been a huge receptiveness to this event, which is what makes it that much more likable from our perspective.
      • Based on the physician's response and receptiveness, the victim may or may not choose to tell others.
      • Public receptiveness to this debate cannot be guaranteed if every asylum seeker is to be viewed as a potential terrorist.
  • receptivity

  • noun riːsɛpˈtɪvɪtiˌriˌsɛpˈtɪvədi
    • So the audience is preselected for its receptivity to the message.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • James's receptivity to popular culture is sometimes invoked as proof of his far-flung intellect.
      • The more deeply your marketing connects with what people value and their sensibilities, the more receptivity there is to your product and the greater the response.
      • When I enter the library, it is with an openness and receptivity to whatever is waiting to reveal itself to me.
      • This creates an overabundance of serotonin, and the brain responds either by reducing receptivity to serotonin or by reducing the production of serotonin.
 
 

Definition of receptive in US English:

receptive

adjectiverəˈsɛptɪvrəˈseptiv
  • 1Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.

    a receptive audience
    the institution was receptive to new ideas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He attempts to settle his mother into the nursing home, but finds that her old friends aren't quite so receptive to the idea.
    • Even those who were most receptive to foreign ideas adapted them in line with traditional Russian concerns, interests and attitudes.
    • But were foresters, or for that matter loggers, receptive to this idea?
    • Unfortunately not many of them were receptive to the idea.
    • If other group members appraise him as a creative type, they are likely to be a receptive audience for his ideas, and he should fit into the group harmoniously.
    • So far the government has proved receptive to the idea.
    • Our President, it is said, simply wasn't receptive to this idea.
    • They were both extremely interested and receptive to my ideas.
    • People are open and receptive to timely suggestions on what to drink.
    • Their motivation for the series is to expand its audience among the theater-going public, which is not always receptive to new ideas.
    • She says people are very receptive to this idea.
    • We have sought to respond to their concerns and have been receptive to new ideas and theories put forward by them.
    • Sometimes, even if you think you're being totally reasonable, your mom may not be receptive to your suggestions.
    • They must be open and receptive to the ideas of others.
    • His ideas found a receptive audience in literate circles from Lisbon to Moscow, and they supply a convenient starting place for an examination of European political systems.
    • To his credit, he has had an excellent rapport with the selectors, who find him quite receptive to ideas and suggestions from various quarters.
    • You have to show yourselves as people with open minds, receptive to the ideas of independent voices in the boardroom.
    • I think it helps them become better musicians because they are more receptive to different musical ideas.
    • Some ministers are known to be receptive to the idea of tolls, provided they are only applied to new roads.
    • You are receptive to new ideas and intuitive in relationships.
    Synonyms
    open-minded, ready to consider new ideas, willing to consider new ideas, open to new ideas, open to suggestions, open, responsive, amenable, sympathetic, well disposed, interested, attuned, flexible, willing, favourable, approachable, accessible, friendly, welcoming
    1. 1.1 Able or willing to receive something, especially signals or stimuli.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Considerable flowering asynchrony among fig trees in any population increases the likelihood that a fig wasp emerging at any time of year will be able to locate a receptive fig.
      • Sensory isolation creates an alert and receptive state of mind, so floatation works well combined with hypnotherapy to treat smoking and weight problems
      • Infants may seem to be sleeping most of the time, but they're far more intelligent and receptive than most adults imagine.
      • Clearly the recent rains had left their mark as fairways were still wet and greens very receptive and the scores were good, though not brilliant.
      • Exfoliation removes dead skin cells, embedded dirt and toxins, and stimulates the skin, making it receptive to the nutrient-rich facial mask that should follow.
    2. 1.2 (of a female animal) ready to mate.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Estrus is the period when the female is sexually receptive and breeding can occur.
      • A receptive female responds by swimming in a tight circle, exposing her abdomen and facilitating insemination.
      • When searching for receptive females, males patrol around the habitat and stop to drum on the dry uppermost leaves on the ground.
      • When a receptive female comes along, however, it's every bull for himself.
      • In the study, male meadow voles were paired with sexually receptive females in two cages.
      • By blocking or scrambling messages from females, he may be keeping competing males from realizing that a receptive female is nearby.
      • In females, estrogens and progestins activate female receptive behaviors and parental care.
      • Male African lions perform this maneuver when they consort with a receptive female, herding her in the desired direction.
      • During the mating season, males drum while wandering around the habitat searching for receptive females, which are more stationary than are males.
      • Thus, downwind males could be located higher in the vegetation to increase their chances of intercepting a pheromone plume and locating a receptive female.
      • The mating ritual begins when the male visits receptive females.
      • In a variety of mammals, females must adopt a receptive posture for sexual intercourse to occur.
      • On the afternoon of estrus, the resident male appeared to actively defend the receptive female on his territory.
      • During the breeding season, male foxes may closely follow sexually receptive females for several days, although this is not always the case.
      • In most mammals the female is only receptive to sex at certain times (when she is most likely to get pregnant).
      • We watched both receptive and unreceptive females.
      • Adult females become receptive to male advances only in years when they have stored enough body fat to bear a litter.
      • If females were unable to convey this important mating and location information, males would not know which females were receptive or where to find them.
      • While grooming, the male flying fox keeps his genitals exposed, indicating to nearby females that he is receptive to mating.
      • Although the mice mated normally with receptive female mice, the females did not become pregnant.
 
 
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