单词 | susceptibility |
释义 | susceptibility /seuh sep'teuh bil"i tee/, n. , pl. susceptibilities. 1. state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease. 2. capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected. 3. susceptibilities, capacities for emotion; feelings: His susceptibilities are easily wounded. 4. Elect. a. See electric susceptibility. b. See magnetic susceptibility. [1635-45; < ML susceptibilitas, equiv. to susceptibil(is) SUSCEPTIBLE + -itas- -ITY] Syn. 2. See sensibility. |
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