| 词组 | sensitive |
| 释义 | sensitive /ˈsensətɪv, ˈsensɪtɪv/ adjective 1. easily upset or offendednounsa sensitive child Ben is a very sensitive child, and doesn’t like it if people laugh at him.a sensitive soul BrE (=a sensitive person) She really is quite a sensitive soul.prepositionssensitive about sth Laura is sensitive about her weight.sensitive to sth He is very sensitive to criticism.2. needing careful treatment, because it is private or causes disagreementnounsa sensitive issue/subject/matter Abortion is a very sensitive issue.a sensitive area (=a sensitive subject) AIDS is a sensitive area which many schools are unsure how to tackle.sensitive information She was accused of passing sensitive information to the enemy.sensitive documents He lost his job after he left sensitive documents on a train.the sensitive nature of sth Because of the sensitive nature of the issue, the discussions were not made public.adverbshighly sensitive Details of the highly sensitive information have not been made public.politically sensitive The subject of population control is politically sensitive.commercially/environmentally sensitive How can we protect commercially sensitive information? | No building is allowed on this environmentally sensitive area of land.THESAURUS: sensitive → secret1 |
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