| 单词 | susceptible |
| 释义 | susceptible (once / 684 pages) adj If you are susceptible to something such as infections or earaches, it means you are likely to become sick with these things. Have you ever received something you don't want? Well, with susceptible meaning "likely to be influenced or affected by" that is probably going to be the case. If you're susceptible to flattery, and someone wants something from you, all they have to do is give you a compliment or two and you'll do what they want. Material that's susceptible to cracking won't be in good condition for long. WORD FAMILYsusceptible: insusceptible, susceptibility, susceptibleness, susceptibly, unsusceptible+/susceptibility: susceptibilities/unsusceptible: unsusceptibility USAGE EXAMPLESAnd with a week between each game, few things on this planet are as susceptible to overreaction and hyperbole as America’s most popular professional sport. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Forests in some states, like New York, are close to major trade routes, while others, like in Florida, house trees especially susceptible to pests. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But with Coleman lined up wide, Foster sensed that Coleman would flare, leaving him susceptible to a pick from the wide receiver. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of susceptible to colds susceptible of proof Syn|Ant unprotected lacking protection or defense sensitiveresponsive to physical stimuli allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitizedhaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) amenableopen to being acted upon in a certain way capable, open, subjectpossibly accepting or permitting convincible, persuadable, persuasible, suasiblebeing susceptible to persuasion fictile, pliablesusceptible to being led or directed liable, nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with predisposedmade susceptible amenable, tractablereadily reacting to suggestions and influences suggestiblesusceptible or responsive to suggestion temptablesusceptible to temptation unvaccinatednot vaccinated vulnerablesusceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation vulnerablesusceptible to attack insusceptible, unsusceptible not susceptible to insensitivenot responsive to physical stimuli immune, resistantrelating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) immunised, immunized, vaccinatedhaving been rendered unsusceptible to a disease immunogenicpossessing the ability to elicit an immune response incapablenot being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of') unpersuadable, unsuasiblenot susceptible to persuasion unresponsivenot susceptible to suggestion or influence 2adj easily impressed emotionally Syn impressible, impressionable, waxy easily impressed or influenced |
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