单词 | responsive |
释义 | responsive (once / 1280 pages) 1adj 2adj People who are responsive are alert and aware — they've giving responses. The least responsive people in the world are people in deep comas. Responsive has several meanings, but they're very similar. If someone just came out of a coma and starting saying anything at all (or even started blinking), you'd be happy at how responsive they are. A person who has enthusiasm is more responsive than someone who is quiet and seems bored. Things other than people can be responsive too: a plant is responsive to sunlight, and the fire department is responsive to a fire. Anything that is alert and quick to react is responsive. WORD FAMILYresponsive: responsively, responsiveness, unresponsive+/respond: responded, respondent, responder, responding, responds, responsive/respondent: co-respondent, respondently, respondents/responder: responders/unresponsive: unresponsively, unresponsiveness USAGE EXAMPLESThis year's conference runs from Jan. 17-20 under the banner "Responsive and Responsible Leadership". Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Of course, detained youth should receive high-quality, trauma-sensitive, individualized care that ensures their detention is as brief as possible and responsive to their needs. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) It was very responsive and steady - almost like a computer game. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1adj reacting to a stimulus Syn reactive sensitive responsive to physical stimuli 2adj readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion 2children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience Syn|Ant answering, respondent replying sensitiveresponsive to physical stimuli sensitivebeing susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others unresponsive not responding to some influence or stimulus refractorytemporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli insensitivenot responsive to physical stimuli insensitivedeficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive adj containing or using responses; alternating responsive reading Syn antiphonal |
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