| 释义 |
sensibility/sensiˈbiliti/n. (pl. -ies) 1a openness to emotional impressions, susceptibility, sensitiveness 敏感性；易感性 sensibility to kindness 对善意的敏感 b archaic an exceptional or excessive degree of this [古义]异常敏感；过度敏感 sense and sensibility 理智与情感 2a (in pl. 用复数) emotional capacities or feelings 感情 was limited in his sensibilities 他的感情有限 b (in sing. or pl. 用单数或复数) a person's moral, emotional, or aesthetic ideas or standards (道德、情感或审美的)观点；标准 offended the sensibilities of believers 冒犯了信徒的观点 3 sensitivity to sensory stimuli (对感官刺激的)敏感度 sensibility in the retina 视网膜的敏感度[Middle English from Late Latin sensibilitas (as SENSIBLE)]■ Usage 用法说明 Sensibility should not be used in standard English as a noun corresponding to sense 1 of sensible, i.e. it does not mean ‘possession of common sense, reasonableness’. The correct noun to use is sensibleness; alternatively, a phrase such as good sense can be used. 在标准英语中，不应把 sensibility 当作 sensible 释义 1 的对应名词，也就是说，前者的含义不是“明白事理；合乎情理”。要表达此义，正确的名词是 sensibleness ，或者可用短语 good sense 表示。 |