susceptible
英 [sə'septɪb(ə)l]
美 [sə'sɛptəbl]
- adj. 易受影响的；易感动的；容许…的
- n. 易得病的人
CET6 TEM8 IELTS GRE 考 研 TOEFL
1、sus- "up from under" + cept- + -ible.
susceptible 易受影响的，敏感的sus-,在下，向上，-cept,拿，抓住，词源同 accept,capture.引申诸相关比喻义。
- susceptible (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from Latin suscept-, past participle stem of suscipere "to take, catch, take up, lift up; receive, admit; submit to; sustain, support, bear; acknowledge, accept," from sub "up from under" (see sub-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Susceptive in the same sense is recorded from early 15c. Related: Susceptibly.
- 1. Walking with weights makes the shoulders very susceptible to injury.
- 负重行走时肩膀很容易受伤。
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- 2. He was, she believes, unusually susceptible to women.
- 她认为他对女人毫无招架之力。
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- 3. Others are more susceptible to attempts at quantification.
- 其他人更容易倾向于加以量化的做法。
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- 4. Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements.
- 年轻人最容易受广告的影响。
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- 5. Hers was a susceptible nature.
- 她很情绪化。
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