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| /ˌsensəˈtɪvəti/ |
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| 1 | U the quality of understanding how someone feels and being careful not to offend them 体贴；体察；有分寸 |
| Delivering bad news requires sensitivity on the doctor’ s part. 医生告诉坏消息时要委婉、有分寸。 |
| +to The education system showed no sensitivity to different cultural traditions. 这种教育体制没有体现出对不同文化传统的尊重。 |
| | 1a | the quality of understanding something and being careful not to do anything that harms or damages it 小心谨慎 | | The church has been restored with great sensitivity. 非常小心谨慎地对教堂进行了重建。 | |
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| 2 | C/U a tendency to have a strong physical reaction to something 过敏 |
| +to The drug can cause sensitivity to sunlight. 这种药物能引起对阳光的过敏反应。 |
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| 3 | U a tendency to have strong emotional reactions, especially to be offended easily 多愁善感 |
| | 3a | a natural understanding of something and a natural reaction to it （天生的）悟性，敏感 | | +to his sensitivity to music 他对音乐的悟性 | |
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| 4 | U a situation in which something needs to be dealt with carefully because people could be offended 棘手性；敏感 |
| We’ re very aware of the sensitivity of the issue. 我们充分意识到了这个问题的敏感性。 |
| | 4a | plural the feelings of someone who may be offended （感情上的）敏感性，易受伤害性 | | We must keep in mind the sensitivities of the victims’ families. 我们必须记住受害者的家人很容易受伤害。 | |
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| 5 | U the ability to measure slight differences in weight , time , temperature etc （对重量、时间、温度等的）灵敏度 |
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