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 sensitivity [,sensә'tiviti]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 敏感, 灵敏度

[计] 灵敏度

[化] 灵敏度

[医] 感受性, 敏感性; 敏感度; 灵敏度




    sensitivity
    [ noun ]
    1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

    2. <noun.cognition>
      sensitivity to pain
    3. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

    4. <noun.attribute>
      a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
      the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
    5. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

    6. <noun.feeling>
    7. susceptibility to a pathogen

    8. <noun.state>
    9. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

    10. <noun.attribute>


    Sensitivity \Sen`si*tiv"i*ty\, n.
    The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in
    science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

    Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the
    scientific term for the capacity of feeling. --Hickok.

    1. He refused to talk about partisan politics because of the sensitivity of his position.
    2. Forming an independent board is intended to reduce Freddie Mac's sensitivity to politics and increase its sensitivity to shareholders, who will elect 13 members.
    3. Forming an independent board is intended to reduce Freddie Mac's sensitivity to politics and increase its sensitivity to shareholders, who will elect 13 members.
    4. Its stubborn refusal to reveal the state of its balance sheet yesterday - hardly the standard of disclosure one might expect from a large institutional investor -suggests an unusual degree of sensitivity.
    5. And in a statement announcing the deal, Mr. Drabinsky said he was "particularly pleased" to "salute Famous Players, a spirited but fair competitor, which has always conducted itself responsibly and with sensitivity to the public."
    6. They point to nationalism - the wish to retain a particular industry in a country -and sensitivity to national defence interests as two factors that may act as a brake on restructuring.
    7. The Canadian Ben Heppner, a heroic singer of uncommon intelligence, sensitivity and bounteous vocal gifts, struggled with those portions of the vocal writing most closely linked with Pears's tenorial idiosyncrasies.
    8. A state museum has decided to shut down an exhibit featuring the exposed graves of 234 prehistoric American Indians because of "heightened sensitivity to display of human remains," an official said.
    9. However, the chemical is approved only as an acne treatment and produces such adverse effects as peeling, skin sensitivity to sunlight and swelling, according to the FDA.
    10. Wright's organic architecture demonstrated a keen sensitivity to the environment decades before it became fashionable among "la-la activists."
    11. Rudman is Jewish, and during the confirmation hearings Souter sought to display his sensitivity on civil rights by mentioning their private discussions of the discrimination Rudman has felt as a result of his religion.
    12. Yeutter and U.S. Forest Service Chief F. Dale Robertson unveiled a long-term plan for forest and range land resources, calling for greater environmental sensitivity and a better balance among multiple uses of public lands.
    13. As if to underscore the sensitivity of the NATO session, Mr. Gorbachev sent the British government a letter on the eve of the summit saying he would be watching the meeting closely as he weighs his decisions on Germany.
    14. Kraft's sensitivity to BGH's marketing problems overrode any scientific merits.
    15. "Advertiser sensitivity is still there, and I'm sure that was a problem with our show," says Adam Shapiro, vice president of development at Kushner-Locke Co., which produces "Trialwatch" and still hopes to sell the program in syndication.
    16. The cuts would also force the center to eliminate its sensitivity training programs for police, therapists and hospital personnel, she said.
    17. Mr Park said the opening of the Korean rice market was inevitable, and that Korea would agree to allowing 3-5 per cent of its rice demand to be met by imports. The outcry demonstrates the sensitivity of the issue.
    18. States currently rely on a method originally designed to detect penicillin and which also detects other antibiotics but not with the same sensitivity.
    19. Mr. Haas doesn't like financial companies' sensitivity to interest rates and economic cycles, and he doesn't like the uncertainties of regulation.
    20. Ferraris is still growing, Hutchings says. Hutchings' sensitivity is perhaps understandable.
    21. Thirty-five of the finest works, most of which are rarely seen because of light sensitivity, have been selected for the exhibition.
    22. Heightened sensitivity to company politics was shown by 69% of women, 56% of men.
    23. Such sensitivity illustrates the Sphinx's monumental importance to the Egyptians.
    24. At its closing level of 8,234 on Monday, the index had risen by 57 per cent so far this year, and by 67 per cent since the start of 1992. The most popular shares have been those with the highest sensitivity to changes in the bullion price.
    25. In this sense our time in particular awaits the manifestation of that "genius" which belongs to women, and which can ensure sensitivity for human beings in every circumstance.
    26. He stressed that creditor agencies should show sensitivity to the hardships faced by debtors.
    27. For all his sensitivity about the bill's wording, Japanese Ambassador Matsunaga minced no words in his position paper.
    28. Some patients also develop swelling in tissues of the eye, resulting in irritation, pain and light sensitivity.
    29. While protesters hope to force Hollywood into a new sensitivity, some gay people worry the demonstrations could cause a backlash, with studios hesitating to approve films with any gay characters to avoid future controversies.
    30. That such statements about events 40 years ago can still incite powerful reactions reflects a lingering sensitivity in France about Nazism and the collaboration.
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