| 释义 |
sen·si·bil·i·ty
\-ləd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English sensibilite, from Middle French sensibilité, from Late Latin sensibilitat-, sensibilitas, from sensibilis sensible + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the ability to receive sensation : responsiveness to stimuli : sensitiveness
< tactile sensibility >
2. : sensitivity a
3.
a. : capacity of emotion or feeling as distinguished from intellect and will : peculiar or excessive susceptibility to pleasurable or painful impression : acuteness of feeling
< great sensibility to pain >
< sensibility to praise >
— often used in plural
< a man of strong sensibilities >
b. : a manifestation of such a capacity
< answered the charge with marked sensibility >
4. : awareness of and responsive feeling toward something (as emotion in another); also : an instance or token of this
< our sensibility of your distress >
5. : refined sensitiveness in emotion and taste with especial responsiveness to the pathetic
< excessive sensibility of late 18th century poetry >
6. : susceptibility to slight or unkindness
Synonyms: see sensation |