英语词汇“touchy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Things that are touchy are hard to handle — not literally, but to talk about. Touchy subjects make people upset.

There are a lot of touchy topics in life. Religion is a big one, since people have such different yet strong beliefs. Racism and sexism are touchy. Politics can be touchy. Asking someone how old they are or what they weigh are very touchy questions. Something is touchy is you need to handle it with kid gloves — or maybe avoid the topic altogether. People often use euphemisms — soft, evasive terms — for touchy subjects, to make discussing them easier.

WORD FAMILY

touchy: touchier, touchiest, touchily, touchiness

USAGE EXAMPLES

“So far, we think it’s adequate,” she said, adding that the idea of any limit on cash payments in Switzerland became “quite a touchy subject.”

Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)

But be warned, Mr. Uh is a bit touchy about large groups.

New York Times(Dec 20, 2016)

Treatment of tuberculosis is politically touchier, because it often arrives in the United States with immigrants, whom Mr. Trump is famously hostile to.

New York Times(Dec 19, 2016)

1adj difficult to handle; requiring great tact

a touchy subject

Syn

delicate, ticklish
difficult, hard

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

2adj quick to take offense

Syn

feisty, huffy, thin-skinned
sensitive

being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

单词	touchy
释义	touchy (once / 4971 pages) adj Things that are touchy are hard to handle — not literally, but to talk about. Touchy subjects make people upset. There are a lot of touchy topics in life. Religion is a big one, since people have such different yet strong beliefs. Racism and sexism are touchy. Politics can be touchy. Asking someone how old they are or what they weigh are very touchy questions. Something is touchy is you need to handle it with kid gloves — or maybe avoid the topic altogether. People often use euphemisms — soft, evasive terms — for touchy subjects, to make discussing them easier. WORD FAMILY touchy: touchier, touchiest, touchily, touchiness USAGE EXAMPLES “So far, we think it’s adequate,” she said, adding that the idea of any limit on cash payments in Switzerland became “quite a touchy subject.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) But be warned, Mr. Uh is a bit touchy about large groups. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Treatment of tuberculosis is politically touchier, because it often arrives in the United States with immigrants, whom Mr. Trump is famously hostile to. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj difficult to handle; requiring great tact a touchy subject Syn delicate, ticklish difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 2adj quick to take offense Syn feisty, huffy, thin-skinned sensitive being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
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