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单词 sensitive
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sensitiveadjective

uk/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/us/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/

sensitive adjective (UPSET)

B2 easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry:

Her reply showed that she was very sensitive to criticism.
He was very sensitive about his scar and thought everyone was staring at him.

B2 A sensitive subject, situation, etc. needs to be dealt with carefully in order to avoid upsetting people:

Sex education and birth control are sensitive issues.
The stolen car contained military documents described as very sensitive.

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  • Don't be so sensitive!
  • She's very sensitive about her weight.
  • He's very sensitive to criticism of his children.
  • I have to be very careful with what I say because she's so sensitive.
  • If I'd known how sensitive she was I wouldn't have made the remark.

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Becoming too excited and easily upset

  • ant
  • antsy
  • at the end of your tether idiom 1
  • at the end of your tether
  • be in a whirl idiom
  • explosive
  • high-strung
  • highly strung
  • hot under the collar idiom
  • hyper
  • hyperactive
  • hysteria
  • hysterical
  • shock
  • squeamishly
  • stomach
  • tether
  • thin-skinned
  • touchy
  • worked up

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Complicated and difficult to do

sensitive adjective (KIND)

B2 understanding what other people need, and being helpful and kind to them:

Representatives of the company claim their plan will be sensitive to local needs.
In the movie, he plays a concerned and sensitive father trying to bring up two teenage children on his own.

More examples

  • You have to be quite sensitive when you're dealing with adolescents.
  • It needs someone a bit sensitive to handle this sort of thing.
  • She's very sweet and sensitive.
  • He's not the most sensitive of people.
  • These are vulnerable people - you have to be sensitive to their needs.

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Sympathy & compassion

  • a good listener idiom
  • a shoulder to cry on idiom
  • aw
  • bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
  • better luck next time idiom
  • cloud
  • feel for sb
  • fellow feeling
  • go out to sb
  • hard luck! idiom
  • hard/tough cheese! idiom
  • pity
  • poor
  • relate
  • relate to sb
  • sad
  • sensitivity
  • shoulder
  • solace
  • understanding

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Kind & thoughtful
Empathy and sensitivity

sensitive adjective (REACTING EASILY)

B2 easily influenced, changed, or damaged, especially by a physical activity or effect:

Some people's teeth are highly sensitive to cold.
sensitive skin

B2 Sensitive equipment is able to record small changes:

The patient's responses are recorded on a sensitive piece of equipment which gives extremely accurate readings.

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Reacting and responding

  • backlash
  • bite
  • bite back (at sb/sth)
  • chain reaction
  • counteract
  • greet
  • knob
  • react
  • reactive
  • recoil
  • reflexive
  • reflexively
  • respond
  • response
  • responsive
  • rise
  • strike
  • wake
  • wake (sb) up
  • worm

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Machines - general words
-sensitive
suffix uk/ -sen.sɪ.tɪv/us/ -sen.sə.t̬ɪv/

light-/heat-sensitive
sensitively
adverb uk/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv.li/us/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv.li/

This is a very delicate situation and it needs to be handled sensitively.
sensitiveness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv.nəs/us/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv.nəs/
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