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insensitive

美音:[ın´sensətıv ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.对...没有感觉的,感觉迟钝的

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名词:insensitivity 副词:insensitively

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sens,sent=to feel(感觉)

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insensitive


/ɪn'sensətɪv; ɪn`sɛnsətɪv/
adj
1 not realizing or caring how other people feel, and therefore likely to offend them 未意识到或不顾及他人的感受的(因而易触犯他人)
*It was rather insensitive of you to mention his dead wife. 你也太粗心了, 竟然提起他已故的妻子来.
2 ~ (to sth) not able to feel sth 无感觉的; 麻木不仁的
*insensitive to pain, cold, etc 对疼痛、寒冷等无感觉
* (fig 比喻) He's insensitive to criticism. 他对批评毫无反应.

insensitive


adj
not noticing, or not taking the care to notice, other people's feelings, and not realizing when they are upset or when something that you do will upset them
 One insensitive official insisted on seeing her husband's death certificate.
 an insensitive remark
insensitive to
 She's totally insensitive to Jack's feelings.
[not before noun]
not paying attention to what is happening or to what people are saying, and therefore not changing your behaviour because of it
insensitive to
 Companies that are insensitive to global changes will lose sales.
 The service is insensitive to the needs of local people.
[not before noun]
not affected by physical effects or changes
insensitive to
 insensitive to pain
>insensitivelyadv
>insensitivity [ɪn,sensɪ'tɪvɪti/
1. The Disney management is stressing this tradition in an apparent response to suggestions that it is culturally insensitive.
    迪斯尼管理层强调这一传统,显然这是对有人暗示迪斯尼管理层在文化传统方面麻木不仁的回应。

2. Children may, to some degree, become greedy, selfish, ungrateful and insensitive to the needs and feelings of others, beginning with their parents.
    在一定程度上,孩子可能变得贪婪、自私、忘恩负义,对他人的需要和感觉变得麻木不仁,而且首先从对自己父母的态度开始。

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