| 单词 | perceptiveness |
| 释义 | perceptiveness (once / 142402 pages) n Perceptiveness is the ability to appreciate something of good quality. It takes perceptiveness to tell the difference between a genuine Matisse oil painting and a well-done copy. You use your perceptiveness to distinguish the flavor of a perfectly ripe peach from one that's not quite ready to be eaten, or to recognize a particularly well-written short story. You can also use the noun perceptiveness to mean a kind of understanding or comprehension — your perceptiveness can help you understand why a tired child is acting out. The Latin origin, also the root of perceive, is percipere, "obtain, gather, or seize," and also "to grasp with the mind." WORD FAMILYperceptive: perceptively, perceptiveness, perceptivity, unperceptive+/imperceptible: imperceptibility, imperceptibly/misperceive: misperceived, misperceives/perceivable: perceivably, unperceivable/perceive: misperceive, perceivable, perceived, perceiveed, perceiver, perceives, perceiving, perceptible, perception, perceptive, percipient/perceived: unperceived/perceiver: perceivers/perceiving: unperceiving/perceptibility: perceptibilities/perceptible: imperceptible, perceptibility, perceptibly/perception: perceptions/percipient: percipients/unperceivable: unperceivably/unperceiving: unperceivingly/unperceptive: unperceptively, unperceptiveness USAGE EXAMPLESHuppert is extraordinary—she reveals everything even when you think she’s showing nothing—and she’s the perfect actress, right now, for Hansen-Løve’s fine-grained perceptiveness. Time(Dec 09, 2016) But passivity comes early to the narrator, and eventually even her perceptiveness can’t unseat it. Time(Nov 10, 2016) Around the world, the NTSB’s investigations are regarded as setting the gold standard for impartiality, perceptiveness and making recommendations with important safety benefits. The Guardian(Sep 12, 2016) 1n perception of that which is obscure Syn|Hyper discernment perception knowledge gained by perceiving 2n delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) Syn|Hypo|Hyper appreciation, discernment, taste connoisseurship, vertu, virtu love of or taste for fine objects of art style, trend, voguethe popular taste at a given time delicacy, discretionrefined taste; tact culturethe tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group New Looka style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt fashionthe latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior bandwagona popular trend that attracts growing support counterculturea culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture mass culturethe culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media lettersthe literary culture discrimination, secernment the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished 3n the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding Ant|Hyper unperceptiveness the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding sensitiveness, sensitivity the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment 4n a feeling of understanding Syn|Hyper insight, perceptivity sensibility refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions |
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