| 单词 | receptive |
| 释义 | receptive (once / 2651 pages) 1adj 2adj To be receptive is to be open to new ideas or change. If you’re responsive to other people’s suggestions and not set in your ways, then you’re not only receptive, but flexible. The adjective receptive actually comes from a Latin word that means receive. So a receptive person is willing to receive things, especially opposing arguments, constructive criticism, and helpful hints. How receptive you are speaks to your willingness to have an impression made upon you. It can be good to be large and in charge sometimes, but you can also benefit from stepping back and being receptive to what life brings. WORD FAMILYreceptive: receptively, receptiveness, receptivity, unreceptive+/receive: receivable, received, receiver, receives, receiving, reception, receptive, receptor, recipient/receiver: receivers, receivership/receivership: receiverships/reception: receptionist, receptions/receptionist: receptionists/receptivity: receptivities/receptor: receptors/recipient: recipients USAGE EXAMPLESA recent poll suggests that defenders of the law may get a receptive hearing from the public. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) And if Trump follows through on his vow to renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal, he won’t find a receptive audience in Moscow. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Still, Mr. Trump will most likely be receptive to Mr. Putin’s overtures. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj able to absorb liquid (not repellent) the paper is ink- receptive Syn absorbent, absorptive having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) 2adj open to arguments, ideas, or change receptive to reason and the logic of facts Syn pervious admitting of passage or entrance 3adj ready or willing to receive favorably 2receptive to the proposals Syn|Ant open acceptant, acceptive accepting willingly admissivecharacterized by or allowing admission assimilativecapable of mentally absorbing hospitablehaving an open mind unreceptive not receptive closed, unsympatheticnot having an open mind adj of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system Syn centripetal, sensory afferent of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |
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