sensitive
adjective/ˈsensətɪv/
Слово англійською: sensitive
Переклад sensitive українською: чутли́вий, вразли́вий, уразли́вий (емоці́йно), чутли́вий до чо́го (на сві́тло)
Детальний опис
- aware of and able to understand other people and their feelings
- a sensitive and caring man
- sensitive to something She is very sensitive to other people's feelings.
- Schools must be sensitive to the needs of students from different backgrounds.
- reacting quickly or more than usual to something
- sensitive areas of the body
- sensitive to something My teeth are very sensitive to cold food.
- Young children are particularly sensitive to the harmful effects of pesticides.
- The eyes of some fish are acutely sensitive to light.
- I have become increasingly sensitive to the sun.
- These drugs can make skin extremely sensitive to sunlight.
- Coral reefs are very sensitive to changes in seawater temperature.
Which Word? sensible / sensitivesensible / sensitiveSensible and sensitive are connected with two different meanings of sense.- Sensible refers to your ability to make good judgements:
- She gave me some very sensible advice.
- It wasn't very sensible to eat all that chocolate at once, was it?
- Sensitive refers to how easily you react to things, how easily you are offended or upset, or how much you are aware of and able to understand other people and their feelings:
- a soap for sensitive skin
- This movie may upset a sensitive child.
- a sensitive and caring man
- able to understand art, music and literature and to express yourself through them
- an actor’s sensitive reading of the poem
- a sensitive portrait
- easily offended or upset
- You're far too sensitive.
- sensitive about something He's very sensitive about his weight.
- sensitive to something She's very sensitive to criticism.
- that you have to treat with great care because it may offend people or make them angry or embarrassed
- sensitive information/data
- highly sensitive documents
- Healthcare is a politically sensitive issue.
- That's a sensitive area.
- a sensitive subject/topic/matter
- sensitive (to something) able to measure very small changes
- a sensitive instrument
- The eyes can be a sensitive indicator of health.
- (figurative) The Stock Exchange is very sensitive to political change.
see also case-sensitive
to people’s feelings
to cold/light/food, etc.
to art/music/literature
easily upset
information/subject
to small changes
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from Old French sensitif, -ive or medieval Latin sensitivus, formed irregularly from Latin sentire ‘feel’. The current senses date from the early 19th cent.