Definition of sensitive in English:

sensitive

adjective ˈsɛnsɪtɪvˈsɛnsədɪv

1Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.
敏感的；灵敏的
the new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones
新的蛋白质探测方法比旧的灵敏。
spiders are sensitive to vibrations on their web
蜘蛛对蜘蛛网上的震动很敏感。
Example sentencesExamples
- Oberlander will also explain that people are highly sensitive to subliminal signals about personality, regardless of whether or not they know who a message has come from.
- In contrast, signal amplitude is found most sensitive to the phosphatase reactions at the ERK level.
- The whole process of category building is dynamic and extremely sensitive to patterns detected in the data.
- Well the sensor is very versatile and it works in simultaneous modes so it both detects magnetic materials but it's also sensitive to the electric susceptibility.
- The patient seems to be sensitive to this particular response and asks whether he believes what she has said.
- The vegetative tissues of perennials may also be systemically less sensitive to senescence signals.
- Males that are sensitive to females' signals are more likely to mate with several females, she added.
- American units look for enemy command posts with sensitive systems that can detect radio transmissions and other signatures that TOCs give off.
- Other applications of this discovery include sensors so sensitive that they can detect a single molecule.
- He said he palpitated the man's liver beforehand rather than carrying out an ultrasound scan because, at the time, it was a more sensitive method for detecting tumours.
- Sucrose is a good subject for testing the sequence because it has resonances very close to that of water, making the signal sensitive to the quality of the water suppression.
- The most simple way to look at this is that a genotype might influence who is sensitive to the impact of that first unhealthy weight loss diet they go on, she said.
- You've written that patients today are more sensitive to body signals; they're more likely to go to the doctor for something than they would have a few decades ago.
- Platelets are quite sensitive to outside signals because they have to clump together to prevent blood loss.
- Well, the only thing is he is so extraordinarily responsive and sensitive to any move that I make that it's uncanny.
- Reflected signals from radar are sensitive to water surface roughness.
- In those cells they found proteins called cryptochromes which are highly sensitive to magnetism, undergoing slight structural alterations in response to changes in a magnetic field.
- Information is only information in relation to a specific mechanism sensitive to a specific signal.
- A young and eager mind endowed with the gift of scientific aptitude is particularly sensitive to these societal influences.
- Well we found that females seem to be more sensitive to perceiving these signals of fear.
Synonyms
responsive to, quick to respond to, sensitized to, reactive to, sentient of
aware of, conscious of, alive to
susceptible to, easily affected by, vulnerable to
attuned to, tuned in to
rare susceptive of
1. 1.1 Easily damaged, injured, or distressed by slight changes.
  敏感的；脆弱的
  the committee called for improved protection of wildlife in environmentally sensitive areas
  委员会呼吁加强对环境敏感地域的野生动物保护。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Are the border areas more sensitive to any disruption to their own French identity?
  Both parental and cells were equally sensitive to damage by the alkylating agent.
  Strains with mutations in both genes are very sensitive to DNA damaging agents, have very short telomeres, and undergo cellular senescence.
  He said the vehicles ‘had a major visible impact with serious ramifications for Dartmoor National Park’, damaging sensitive areas of bog and heather.
  Prefabrication of the building in a nearby factory minimized both construction waste and damage to the sensitive area by heavy equipment.
  All the electronic equipment using the semiconductor-based solid-state technology and their functioning is highly sensitive to the ambient temperature.
  Bundle sheath proteins are more sensitive to oxidative damage than those of the mesophyll in maize leaves exposed to paraquat or low temperatures
  These creams and ointments vary in strength, and using the wrong strength in sensitive areas can damage the skin, especially in infants.
  The area was extremely sensitive to even light touch, and he was unwilling to have acupuncture needles inserted in or around this area because of the severe pain.
  It says there will be additional business opportunities in tourism and recreation although extreme weather could also damage sensitive attractions such as York Minster and Bolton Priory.
  Modified tips are extremely sensitive to damage and/or contamination, resulting in nonspecific interactions with the surface.
  A helicopter had to be used to move materials to the site to start the project because wheeled vehicles would have caused too much damage to the sensitive environment of the existing ancient woodland around the site.
  The burned area will be sensitive to sunlight for up to one year.
  Mechanical control is popular and effective but call be cost prohibitive and may damage environmentally sensitive areas.
  The perianal area can be highly sensitive to perfumes, soaps, clothes, fabrics, dietary intake and superficial trauma.
  He says around 80 per cent of the West MacDonnells park is spinifex, and the big fires that come out of it damage the sensitive non-spinifex areas.
  The Region of Waterloo has recently posted signs around the region warning people that the pumps are in areas that are sensitive to runoff.
  There would also be a great impact from invasive weeds into the area and damage to the sensitive forest floor.
  He pointed to the damage done to the sensitive ecosystems in Shoalwater Bay by the US-Australia military training exercises that have taken place there since 1992.
  The edge guard bands make the cartridge less sensitive to possible tape damage as a result of non-uniform tape pack wind, temperature shock, and transportation.
  Synonyms
  delicate, easily damaged, fragile
  tender, sore, painful, raw
2. 1.2 (of photographic materials) prepared so as to respond rapidly to the action of light.
  （照相材料）感光的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their differences could be recorded by displaying their transmissions on a cathode ray tube and using a cine camera, equipped with very sensitive film, to take high-speed photographs of them.
  A silver-based sensitive coating, then on paper, later on glass and ultimately on plastic film, was used for a brief exposure in the camera.
  Orthochromatic films are not sensitive to red light at all, and may be developed under a red safelight.
  Even the orthochromatic films were not sensitive to red light.
  The blue filter is measuring blue light in the visible spectrum, not the ultraviolet light to which platinum materials are sensitive.
3. 1.3 (of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences.
  （市场）脆弱的；敏感的
  the Japanese were successfully entering many of the most sensitive markets
  Example sentencesExamples
  This directly affects consumer spending, and especially sensitive markets such as house prices.
  This regimen is widely used in cost sensitive markets, but even in the United States it is still popular.
  You can either copy as many times as you like, or not copy at all, and the record companies have been terrified of implementing the ‘copy protection on’ mode in sensitive markets.
  Some farmers and processors are saying we should not be afraid to test all cattle going to slaughter for BSE, or at least those going to sensitive markets such as Japan.
  The entertainment business is the most sensitive market in the world.
2Having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings.
（人，人的行为）敏感的；敏锐的
I pay tribute to the Minister for his sensitive handling of the bill
我为部长对法案敏锐的处理深感敬佩。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘This was a peaceful vigil and it is unfortunate that this incident took place but the police should be thanked for the sensitive way they handled it,’ he said.
- Nietzsche, in fact, provides an occasion for some of his most penetrating insights and most sensitive interpretations.
- It also asked for a more sensitive approach in handling such cases, but nothing seems to have come out of it.
- The Yorkshire Euro MP may not be the first person you'd think of if you were looking for a sensitive appreciation of the modern woman.
- Those who can appreciate a sensitive portrayal of Native Americans are also recommended to add this to their collection.
- One is Mary's uniquely sensitive appreciation of the myriad ways in which the case for academic freedom may be advanced.
- The beautiful MacMillan work got a sensitive and delicate reading that asked for more of this seldom heard but wonderful English composer.
- Surely, the Congress should be sensitive and appreciative of the hostility to foreign troops.
- An assessment of these may provide us with more accurate and more sensitive insights into the Indian past.
- His career as a dance artist and experience as manager/producer also helped bring sensitive insights into the workshop discussions.
- The issue of Alzheimer's is dealt with in a sensitive and delicate manner, which doesn't overplay the pity.
- We can well see that communicating a notice of suspension outside the front door is not the most sensitive way to handle this delicate matter.
- Their sensitive and delicate portrayal of tales is so real and touching that they have become the hallmark of Iranian cinema in the recent past.
- Where customers fall seriously into debt they continue to be handled in a sensitive manner without compromising targets on return.
- In the future a more sensitive appreciation for these sorts of emotional predispositions can help us generate a more refined approach to violence prevention.
- Exhumation and re-interment of remains will be handled in a sensitive way.
- I now have a more sensitive appreciation of how devastating war really is.
- He said that at the time of the original call, attempts were made to trace the man in a sensitive and delicate manner, but without success.
Synonyms
tactful, careful, thoughtful, diplomatic, delicate, subtle, finely tuned, kid-glove
sympathetic, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, intuitive, feeling, responsive, receptive
perceptive, discerning, acute, insightful
1. 2.1 Easily offended or upset.
  敏感的；易激怒的；易惹恼的
  I suppose I shouldn't be so sensitive
  我想我不该如此敏感。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He has a very intense, sensitive temperament and quickly becomes upset, angry, anxious, over-excited and frustrated.
  There are wild-looking cats wandering the open areas and this might upset the very sensitive.
  We'll give you some first impressions later today, and after that - and if we haven't offended the sensitive vendors too much - full reviews should follow in the next couple of weeks.
  O'Leary cheerfully acknowledges that his abrasive manner upsets the more sensitive among those he deals with.
  And the movie contains non-exploitative sexual content featuring minors that may offend more sensitive viewers.
  He was highly sensitive about his background and age (‘Just say I'm in my late thirties,’ he used to tell journalists).
  But he was highly sensitive, easily discouraged by setbacks; and in 1915 resigned from his union post to convalesce from alcoholism.
  There is a bunch of stuff I don't like or need, but we won't go there so as to not offend the sensitive and thin skinned.
  It was his preferred statement which was then packaged as part of a departmental information kit and sent to those sensitive Christians upset at the sight of children behind razor wire.
  Women would benefit enormously from this - we are very sensitive and get upset about small things, and men have no idea.
  Wendy Noel plays Maureen as an edgy, outspoken and sensitive woman.
  The guidelines dictate that emotionally charged topics be avoided on tests, for fear that mention of them might upset sensitive children.
  Never forget, she warns, that young girls are highly sensitive, and the last thing we should be doing is telling our daughters they look a sight.
  Those warnings about images which may upset sensitive viewers have become much more few and far between.
  He offended sensitive members of the staff and press with arrogant quips about artists and audiences, but he revitalised an elderly board and ran a tight set of budgets.
  Synonyms
  easily offended, easily upset, easily hurt, thin-skinned, touchy, oversensitive, hypersensitive, defensive
  emotional, volatile, temperamental
  paranoid, neurotic
  informal twitchy, uptight
  rare umbrageous
3Kept secret or with restrictions on disclosure to avoid endangering security.
保密的；限制透露的
he was suspected of passing sensitive information to other countries
他被怀疑向别国传递机密信息。
Example sentencesExamples
- Whether or not it contained any sensitive security information was immaterial.
- A US Airways Express spokesman declined to comment on the charges, citing airline policy against revealing sensitive security information.
- The overall effect gives weight to the opinions of some of your correspondents that this is a very convenient rule indeed if a councillor wishes to avoid commitment or keep sensitive information under wraps.
- The object was to avoid creating situations where sensitive information might be at risk.
- And why would a senior Pentagon official tell you this very secret and sensitive information?
- As someone who was intimately involved in dealing with the most sensitive national security secrets out there, how big of a flap is this?
- General statements that, for example, the information is sensitive security information, are inadequate to satisfy the government's burden.
- To saddle them with convenient moralizing about jeopardising the financial system by untimely disclosure of sensitive information only compounds the offence.
- Committee members were urged to keep all details of the meeting secret to prevent the sensitive information leaking into the public domain.
- In addition to the above, some classified information is so sensitive that even the extra protection measures applied to Top Secret information are not sufficient.
- And second, Uncle Sam needs to use domestic companies to keep sensitive defense and security information within U.S. borders.
- Such security information is genuinely sensitive; the government has a right to protect it.
- They should restrict access to sensitive information to only those employees with a need to know.
- Be aware that even in your own office, maintaining the security of sensitive information can have its challenges, especially around visitors.
- Exploiting this vulnerability will lead to denial of service, execution of arbitrary code, or the disclosure of sensitive information.
- ‘We did have a breach of security, with sensitive police information somehow leaking out,’ Mills said.
- Any tribunal which has to confront a Minister on a sensitive issue of document disclosure, should enjoy security of employment.
- The Victorian Opposition has released details of what it claims is yet another breach of sensitive security information within the Victoria Police.
- Access to especially sensitive information would be restricted to those participating in the oversight arrangements, and the fact of access would be documented.
- It is thought unlikely that the report will be published because of the sensitive security and operational information that it contains.
Synonyms
private, personal, intimate, privileged, quiet

noun ˈsɛnsɪtɪvˈsɛnsədɪv

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.
具有超自然通灵能力的人
Example sentencesExamples
- Here we have another frontier to explore with shamans, channels, mediums, and sundry sensitives.
- The sensitives believed themselves capable of sensing ghosts, and that is what they attempted to do.
- Merc believes that we sensitives should harness our powers to the good of the revolution.
- Attempts have been made by various groups to work with trained sensitives in the presence of a crystal skull and record the impressions that they psychically receive.
- Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiquitous stereotypes regarding ghosts that caused witnesses and sensitives to respond to the locale in a concordant manner.

Derivatives

sensitiveness

noun ˈsɛnsɪtɪvnəsˈsɛnsədɪvnəs

In the vegetable kingdom sensitiveness of an involuntary nature is discernible in the form of germination and growth while a still higher type of sensibility accompanied by a limited consciousness can be seen in the animal life.
Example sentencesExamples
- But many of their members have expressed discontent, and the society is showing signs of an increased sensitiveness to the issue.
- The diligence, tolerance and persistence of cows and their sensitiveness to how we treat them demonstrates to us that we must respect life.
- Thus, the Moon provides intuition and sensitiveness when positioned in a water sign, and the desire to internally experience the Sun's drive.
- The world over, the public image of a company's brands is largely determined by its sensitiveness to environmental issues and this has successfully contributed to a marked decline in industrial pollution.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'sensory'): from Old French sensitif, -ive or medieval Latin sensitivus, formed irregularly from Latin sentire 'feel'. The current senses date from the early 19th century.

Definition of sensitive in US English:

sensitive

adjectiveˈsensədivˈsɛnsədɪv

1Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.
敏感的；灵敏的
the new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones
新的蛋白质探测方法比旧的灵敏。
spiders are sensitive to vibrations on their web
蜘蛛对蜘蛛网上的震动很敏感。
Example sentencesExamples
- He said he palpitated the man's liver beforehand rather than carrying out an ultrasound scan because, at the time, it was a more sensitive method for detecting tumours.
- Sucrose is a good subject for testing the sequence because it has resonances very close to that of water, making the signal sensitive to the quality of the water suppression.
- You've written that patients today are more sensitive to body signals; they're more likely to go to the doctor for something than they would have a few decades ago.
- Information is only information in relation to a specific mechanism sensitive to a specific signal.
- The most simple way to look at this is that a genotype might influence who is sensitive to the impact of that first unhealthy weight loss diet they go on, she said.
- Other applications of this discovery include sensors so sensitive that they can detect a single molecule.
- Well, the only thing is he is so extraordinarily responsive and sensitive to any move that I make that it's uncanny.
- American units look for enemy command posts with sensitive systems that can detect radio transmissions and other signatures that TOCs give off.
- In contrast, signal amplitude is found most sensitive to the phosphatase reactions at the ERK level.
- Platelets are quite sensitive to outside signals because they have to clump together to prevent blood loss.
- Males that are sensitive to females' signals are more likely to mate with several females, she added.
- A young and eager mind endowed with the gift of scientific aptitude is particularly sensitive to these societal influences.
- Well we found that females seem to be more sensitive to perceiving these signals of fear.
- The whole process of category building is dynamic and extremely sensitive to patterns detected in the data.
- The patient seems to be sensitive to this particular response and asks whether he believes what she has said.
- The vegetative tissues of perennials may also be systemically less sensitive to senescence signals.
- Reflected signals from radar are sensitive to water surface roughness.
- Well the sensor is very versatile and it works in simultaneous modes so it both detects magnetic materials but it's also sensitive to the electric susceptibility.
- In those cells they found proteins called cryptochromes which are highly sensitive to magnetism, undergoing slight structural alterations in response to changes in a magnetic field.
- Oberlander will also explain that people are highly sensitive to subliminal signals about personality, regardless of whether or not they know who a message has come from.
Synonyms
responsive to, quick to respond to, sensitized to, reactive to, sentient of
1. 1.1 Easily damaged, injured, or distressed by slight changes.
  敏感的；脆弱的
  the committee called for improved protection of wildlife in environmentally sensitive areas
  委员会呼吁加强对环境敏感地域的野生动物保护。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Mechanical control is popular and effective but call be cost prohibitive and may damage environmentally sensitive areas.
  He says around 80 per cent of the West MacDonnells park is spinifex, and the big fires that come out of it damage the sensitive non-spinifex areas.
  There would also be a great impact from invasive weeds into the area and damage to the sensitive forest floor.
  The area was extremely sensitive to even light touch, and he was unwilling to have acupuncture needles inserted in or around this area because of the severe pain.
  The burned area will be sensitive to sunlight for up to one year.
  Prefabrication of the building in a nearby factory minimized both construction waste and damage to the sensitive area by heavy equipment.
  Modified tips are extremely sensitive to damage and/or contamination, resulting in nonspecific interactions with the surface.
  These creams and ointments vary in strength, and using the wrong strength in sensitive areas can damage the skin, especially in infants.
  A helicopter had to be used to move materials to the site to start the project because wheeled vehicles would have caused too much damage to the sensitive environment of the existing ancient woodland around the site.
  The perianal area can be highly sensitive to perfumes, soaps, clothes, fabrics, dietary intake and superficial trauma.
  The edge guard bands make the cartridge less sensitive to possible tape damage as a result of non-uniform tape pack wind, temperature shock, and transportation.
  He pointed to the damage done to the sensitive ecosystems in Shoalwater Bay by the US-Australia military training exercises that have taken place there since 1992.
  Are the border areas more sensitive to any disruption to their own French identity?
  Bundle sheath proteins are more sensitive to oxidative damage than those of the mesophyll in maize leaves exposed to paraquat or low temperatures
  All the electronic equipment using the semiconductor-based solid-state technology and their functioning is highly sensitive to the ambient temperature.
  It says there will be additional business opportunities in tourism and recreation although extreme weather could also damage sensitive attractions such as York Minster and Bolton Priory.
  Both parental and cells were equally sensitive to damage by the alkylating agent.
  He said the vehicles ‘had a major visible impact with serious ramifications for Dartmoor National Park’, damaging sensitive areas of bog and heather.
  The Region of Waterloo has recently posted signs around the region warning people that the pumps are in areas that are sensitive to runoff.
  Strains with mutations in both genes are very sensitive to DNA damaging agents, have very short telomeres, and undergo cellular senescence.
  Synonyms
  delicate, easily damaged, fragile
2. 1.2 (of photographic materials) prepared so as to respond rapidly to the action of light.
  （照相材料）感光的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their differences could be recorded by displaying their transmissions on a cathode ray tube and using a cine camera, equipped with very sensitive film, to take high-speed photographs of them.
  The blue filter is measuring blue light in the visible spectrum, not the ultraviolet light to which platinum materials are sensitive.
  A silver-based sensitive coating, then on paper, later on glass and ultimately on plastic film, was used for a brief exposure in the camera.
  Even the orthochromatic films were not sensitive to red light.
  Orthochromatic films are not sensitive to red light at all, and may be developed under a red safelight.
3. 1.3 (of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences.
  （市场）脆弱的；敏感的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The entertainment business is the most sensitive market in the world.
  You can either copy as many times as you like, or not copy at all, and the record companies have been terrified of implementing the ‘copy protection on’ mode in sensitive markets.
  This directly affects consumer spending, and especially sensitive markets such as house prices.
  Some farmers and processors are saying we should not be afraid to test all cattle going to slaughter for BSE, or at least those going to sensitive markets such as Japan.
  This regimen is widely used in cost sensitive markets, but even in the United States it is still popular.
2(of a person or a person's behavior) having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings.
（人，人的行为）敏感的；敏锐的
I pay tribute to the Minister for his sensitive handling of the bill
我为部长对法案敏锐的处理深感敬佩。
Example sentencesExamples
- We can well see that communicating a notice of suspension outside the front door is not the most sensitive way to handle this delicate matter.
- In the future a more sensitive appreciation for these sorts of emotional predispositions can help us generate a more refined approach to violence prevention.
- One is Mary's uniquely sensitive appreciation of the myriad ways in which the case for academic freedom may be advanced.
- It also asked for a more sensitive approach in handling such cases, but nothing seems to have come out of it.
- Their sensitive and delicate portrayal of tales is so real and touching that they have become the hallmark of Iranian cinema in the recent past.
- Those who can appreciate a sensitive portrayal of Native Americans are also recommended to add this to their collection.
- Surely, the Congress should be sensitive and appreciative of the hostility to foreign troops.
- Where customers fall seriously into debt they continue to be handled in a sensitive manner without compromising targets on return.
- An assessment of these may provide us with more accurate and more sensitive insights into the Indian past.
- The issue of Alzheimer's is dealt with in a sensitive and delicate manner, which doesn't overplay the pity.
- Nietzsche, in fact, provides an occasion for some of his most penetrating insights and most sensitive interpretations.
- Exhumation and re-interment of remains will be handled in a sensitive way.
- He said that at the time of the original call, attempts were made to trace the man in a sensitive and delicate manner, but without success.
- His career as a dance artist and experience as manager/producer also helped bring sensitive insights into the workshop discussions.
- The Yorkshire Euro MP may not be the first person you'd think of if you were looking for a sensitive appreciation of the modern woman.
- ‘This was a peaceful vigil and it is unfortunate that this incident took place but the police should be thanked for the sensitive way they handled it,’ he said.
- I now have a more sensitive appreciation of how devastating war really is.
- The beautiful MacMillan work got a sensitive and delicate reading that asked for more of this seldom heard but wonderful English composer.
Synonyms
tactful, careful, thoughtful, diplomatic, delicate, subtle, finely tuned, kid-glove
1. 2.1 Easily offended or upset.
  敏感的；易激怒的；易惹恼的
  I suppose I shouldn't be so sensitive
  我想我不该如此敏感。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Women would benefit enormously from this - we are very sensitive and get upset about small things, and men have no idea.
  We'll give you some first impressions later today, and after that - and if we haven't offended the sensitive vendors too much - full reviews should follow in the next couple of weeks.
  There are wild-looking cats wandering the open areas and this might upset the very sensitive.
  He has a very intense, sensitive temperament and quickly becomes upset, angry, anxious, over-excited and frustrated.
  Never forget, she warns, that young girls are highly sensitive, and the last thing we should be doing is telling our daughters they look a sight.
  O'Leary cheerfully acknowledges that his abrasive manner upsets the more sensitive among those he deals with.
  But he was highly sensitive, easily discouraged by setbacks; and in 1915 resigned from his union post to convalesce from alcoholism.
  He offended sensitive members of the staff and press with arrogant quips about artists and audiences, but he revitalised an elderly board and ran a tight set of budgets.
  He was highly sensitive about his background and age (‘Just say I'm in my late thirties,’ he used to tell journalists).
  There is a bunch of stuff I don't like or need, but we won't go there so as to not offend the sensitive and thin skinned.
  It was his preferred statement which was then packaged as part of a departmental information kit and sent to those sensitive Christians upset at the sight of children behind razor wire.
  And the movie contains non-exploitative sexual content featuring minors that may offend more sensitive viewers.
  The guidelines dictate that emotionally charged topics be avoided on tests, for fear that mention of them might upset sensitive children.
  Wendy Noel plays Maureen as an edgy, outspoken and sensitive woman.
  Those warnings about images which may upset sensitive viewers have become much more few and far between.
  Synonyms
  easily offended, easily upset, easily hurt, thin-skinned, touchy, oversensitive, hypersensitive, defensive
3Kept secret or with restrictions on disclosure to avoid endangering security.
保密的；限制透露的
he was suspected of passing sensitive information to other countries
他被怀疑向别国传递机密信息。
Example sentencesExamples
- They should restrict access to sensitive information to only those employees with a need to know.
- And why would a senior Pentagon official tell you this very secret and sensitive information?
- Committee members were urged to keep all details of the meeting secret to prevent the sensitive information leaking into the public domain.
- A US Airways Express spokesman declined to comment on the charges, citing airline policy against revealing sensitive security information.
- Access to especially sensitive information would be restricted to those participating in the oversight arrangements, and the fact of access would be documented.
- In addition to the above, some classified information is so sensitive that even the extra protection measures applied to Top Secret information are not sufficient.
- General statements that, for example, the information is sensitive security information, are inadequate to satisfy the government's burden.
- As someone who was intimately involved in dealing with the most sensitive national security secrets out there, how big of a flap is this?
- It is thought unlikely that the report will be published because of the sensitive security and operational information that it contains.
- Be aware that even in your own office, maintaining the security of sensitive information can have its challenges, especially around visitors.
- ‘We did have a breach of security, with sensitive police information somehow leaking out,’ Mills said.
- The overall effect gives weight to the opinions of some of your correspondents that this is a very convenient rule indeed if a councillor wishes to avoid commitment or keep sensitive information under wraps.
- Such security information is genuinely sensitive; the government has a right to protect it.
- The object was to avoid creating situations where sensitive information might be at risk.
- Whether or not it contained any sensitive security information was immaterial.
- To saddle them with convenient moralizing about jeopardising the financial system by untimely disclosure of sensitive information only compounds the offence.
- And second, Uncle Sam needs to use domestic companies to keep sensitive defense and security information within U.S. borders.
- The Victorian Opposition has released details of what it claims is yet another breach of sensitive security information within the Victoria Police.
- Exploiting this vulnerability will lead to denial of service, execution of arbitrary code, or the disclosure of sensitive information.
- Any tribunal which has to confront a Minister on a sensitive issue of document disclosure, should enjoy security of employment.
Synonyms
private, personal, intimate, privileged, quiet

nounˈsensədivˈsɛnsədɪv

A person who is believed to respond to occult influences.
具有超自然通灵能力的人
Example sentencesExamples
- Attempts have been made by various groups to work with trained sensitives in the presence of a crystal skull and record the impressions that they psychically receive.
- The sensitives believed themselves capable of sensing ghosts, and that is what they attempted to do.
- Merc believes that we sensitives should harness our powers to the good of the revolution.
- Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiquitous stereotypes regarding ghosts that caused witnesses and sensitives to respond to the locale in a concordant manner.
- Here we have another frontier to explore with shamans, channels, mediums, and sundry sensitives.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from Old French sensitif, -ive or medieval Latin sensitivus, formed irregularly from Latin sentire ‘feel’. The current senses date from the early 19th century.

词汇	sensitive
释义	Definition of sensitive in English: sensitive adjective ˈsɛnsɪtɪvˈsɛnsədɪv 1Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences. 敏感的；灵敏的 the new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones 新的蛋白质探测方法比旧的灵敏。 spiders are sensitive to vibrations on their web 蜘蛛对蜘蛛网上的震动很敏感。 Example sentencesExamples Oberlander will also explain that people are highly sensitive to subliminal signals about personality, regardless of whether or not they know who a message has come from. In contrast, signal amplitude is found most sensitive to the phosphatase reactions at the ERK level. The whole process of category building is dynamic and extremely sensitive to patterns detected in the data. Well the sensor is very versatile and it works in simultaneous modes so it both detects magnetic materials but it's also sensitive to the electric susceptibility. The patient seems to be sensitive to this particular response and asks whether he believes what she has said. The vegetative tissues of perennials may also be systemically less sensitive to senescence signals. Males that are sensitive to females' signals are more likely to mate with several females, she added. American units look for enemy command posts with sensitive systems that can detect radio transmissions and other signatures that TOCs give off. Other applications of this discovery include sensors so sensitive that they can detect a single molecule. He said he palpitated the man's liver beforehand rather than carrying out an ultrasound scan because, at the time, it was a more sensitive method for detecting tumours. Sucrose is a good subject for testing the sequence because it has resonances very close to that of water, making the signal sensitive to the quality of the water suppression. The most simple way to look at this is that a genotype might influence who is sensitive to the impact of that first unhealthy weight loss diet they go on, she said. You've written that patients today are more sensitive to body signals; they're more likely to go to the doctor for something than they would have a few decades ago. Platelets are quite sensitive to outside signals because they have to clump together to prevent blood loss. Well, the only thing is he is so extraordinarily responsive and sensitive to any move that I make that it's uncanny. Reflected signals from radar are sensitive to water surface roughness. In those cells they found proteins called cryptochromes which are highly sensitive to magnetism, undergoing slight structural alterations in response to changes in a magnetic field. Information is only information in relation to a specific mechanism sensitive to a specific signal. A young and eager mind endowed with the gift of scientific aptitude is particularly sensitive to these societal influences. Well we found that females seem to be more sensitive to perceiving these signals of fear. Synonyms responsive to, quick to respond to, sensitized to, reactive to, sentient of aware of, conscious of, alive to susceptible to, easily affected by, vulnerable to attuned to, tuned in to rare susceptive of 1.1 Easily damaged, injured, or distressed by slight changes. 敏感的；脆弱的 the committee called for improved protection of wildlife in environmentally sensitive areas 委员会呼吁加强对环境敏感地域的野生动物保护。 Example sentencesExamples Are the border areas more sensitive to any disruption to their own French identity? Both parental and cells were equally sensitive to damage by the alkylating agent. Strains with mutations in both genes are very sensitive to DNA damaging agents, have very short telomeres, and undergo cellular senescence. He said the vehicles ‘had a major visible impact with serious ramifications for Dartmoor National Park’, damaging sensitive areas of bog and heather. Prefabrication of the building in a nearby factory minimized both construction waste and damage to the sensitive area by heavy equipment. All the electronic equipment using the semiconductor-based solid-state technology and their functioning is highly sensitive to the ambient temperature. Bundle sheath proteins are more sensitive to oxidative damage than those of the mesophyll in maize leaves exposed to paraquat or low temperatures These creams and ointments vary in strength, and using the wrong strength in sensitive areas can damage the skin, especially in infants. The area was extremely sensitive to even light touch, and he was unwilling to have acupuncture needles inserted in or around this area because of the severe pain. It says there will be additional business opportunities in tourism and recreation although extreme weather could also damage sensitive attractions such as York Minster and Bolton Priory. Modified tips are extremely sensitive to damage and/or contamination, resulting in nonspecific interactions with the surface. A helicopter had to be used to move materials to the site to start the project because wheeled vehicles would have caused too much damage to the sensitive environment of the existing ancient woodland around the site. The burned area will be sensitive to sunlight for up to one year. Mechanical control is popular and effective but call be cost prohibitive and may damage environmentally sensitive areas. The perianal area can be highly sensitive to perfumes, soaps, clothes, fabrics, dietary intake and superficial trauma. He says around 80 per cent of the West MacDonnells park is spinifex, and the big fires that come out of it damage the sensitive non-spinifex areas. The Region of Waterloo has recently posted signs around the region warning people that the pumps are in areas that are sensitive to runoff. There would also be a great impact from invasive weeds into the area and damage to the sensitive forest floor. He pointed to the damage done to the sensitive ecosystems in Shoalwater Bay by the US-Australia military training exercises that have taken place there since 1992. The edge guard bands make the cartridge less sensitive to possible tape damage as a result of non-uniform tape pack wind, temperature shock, and transportation. Synonyms delicate, easily damaged, fragile tender, sore, painful, raw 1.2 (of photographic materials) prepared so as to respond rapidly to the action of light. （照相材料）感光的 Example sentencesExamples Their differences could be recorded by displaying their transmissions on a cathode ray tube and using a cine camera, equipped with very sensitive film, to take high-speed photographs of them. A silver-based sensitive coating, then on paper, later on glass and ultimately on plastic film, was used for a brief exposure in the camera. Orthochromatic films are not sensitive to red light at all, and may be developed under a red safelight. Even the orthochromatic films were not sensitive to red light. The blue filter is measuring blue light in the visible spectrum, not the ultraviolet light to which platinum materials are sensitive. 1.3 (of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences. （市场）脆弱的；敏感的 the Japanese were successfully entering many of the most sensitive markets Example sentencesExamples This directly affects consumer spending, and especially sensitive markets such as house prices. This regimen is widely used in cost sensitive markets, but even in the United States it is still popular. You can either copy as many times as you like, or not copy at all, and the record companies have been terrified of implementing the ‘copy protection on’ mode in sensitive markets. Some farmers and processors are saying we should not be afraid to test all cattle going to slaughter for BSE, or at least those going to sensitive markets such as Japan. The entertainment business is the most sensitive market in the world. 2Having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings. （人，人的行为）敏感的；敏锐的 I pay tribute to the Minister for his sensitive handling of the bill 我为部长对法案敏锐的处理深感敬佩。 Example sentencesExamples ‘This was a peaceful vigil and it is unfortunate that this incident took place but the police should be thanked for the sensitive way they handled it,’ he said. Nietzsche, in fact, provides an occasion for some of his most penetrating insights and most sensitive interpretations. It also asked for a more sensitive approach in handling such cases, but nothing seems to have come out of it. The Yorkshire Euro MP may not be the first person you'd think of if you were looking for a sensitive appreciation of the modern woman. Those who can appreciate a sensitive portrayal of Native Americans are also recommended to add this to their collection. One is Mary's uniquely sensitive appreciation of the myriad ways in which the case for academic freedom may be advanced. The beautiful MacMillan work got a sensitive and delicate reading that asked for more of this seldom heard but wonderful English composer. Surely, the Congress should be sensitive and appreciative of the hostility to foreign troops. An assessment of these may provide us with more accurate and more sensitive insights into the Indian past. His career as a dance artist and experience as manager/producer also helped bring sensitive insights into the workshop discussions. The issue of Alzheimer's is dealt with in a sensitive and delicate manner, which doesn't overplay the pity. We can well see that communicating a notice of suspension outside the front door is not the most sensitive way to handle this delicate matter. Their sensitive and delicate portrayal of tales is so real and touching that they have become the hallmark of Iranian cinema in the recent past. Where customers fall seriously into debt they continue to be handled in a sensitive manner without compromising targets on return. In the future a more sensitive appreciation for these sorts of emotional predispositions can help us generate a more refined approach to violence prevention. Exhumation and re-interment of remains will be handled in a sensitive way. I now have a more sensitive appreciation of how devastating war really is. He said that at the time of the original call, attempts were made to trace the man in a sensitive and delicate manner, but without success. Synonyms tactful, careful, thoughtful, diplomatic, delicate, subtle, finely tuned, kid-glove sympathetic, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, intuitive, feeling, responsive, receptive perceptive, discerning, acute, insightful 2.1 Easily offended or upset. 敏感的；易激怒的；易惹恼的 I suppose I shouldn't be so sensitive 我想我不该如此敏感。 Example sentencesExamples He has a very intense, sensitive temperament and quickly becomes upset, angry, anxious, over-excited and frustrated. There are wild-looking cats wandering the open areas and this might upset the very sensitive. We'll give you some first impressions later today, and after that - and if we haven't offended the sensitive vendors too much - full reviews should follow in the next couple of weeks. O'Leary cheerfully acknowledges that his abrasive manner upsets the more sensitive among those he deals with. And the movie contains non-exploitative sexual content featuring minors that may offend more sensitive viewers. He was highly sensitive about his background and age (‘Just say I'm in my late thirties,’ he used to tell journalists). But he was highly sensitive, easily discouraged by setbacks; and in 1915 resigned from his union post to convalesce from alcoholism. There is a bunch of stuff I don't like or need, but we won't go there so as to not offend the sensitive and thin skinned. It was his preferred statement which was then packaged as part of a departmental information kit and sent to those sensitive Christians upset at the sight of children behind razor wire. Women would benefit enormously from this - we are very sensitive and get upset about small things, and men have no idea. Wendy Noel plays Maureen as an edgy, outspoken and sensitive woman. The guidelines dictate that emotionally charged topics be avoided on tests, for fear that mention of them might upset sensitive children. Never forget, she warns, that young girls are highly sensitive, and the last thing we should be doing is telling our daughters they look a sight. Those warnings about images which may upset sensitive viewers have become much more few and far between. He offended sensitive members of the staff and press with arrogant quips about artists and audiences, but he revitalised an elderly board and ran a tight set of budgets. Synonyms easily offended, easily upset, easily hurt, thin-skinned, touchy, oversensitive, hypersensitive, defensive emotional, volatile, temperamental paranoid, neurotic informal twitchy, uptight rare umbrageous 3Kept secret or with restrictions on disclosure to avoid endangering security. 保密的；限制透露的 he was suspected of passing sensitive information to other countries 他被怀疑向别国传递机密信息。 Example sentencesExamples Whether or not it contained any sensitive security information was immaterial. A US Airways Express spokesman declined to comment on the charges, citing airline policy against revealing sensitive security information. The overall effect gives weight to the opinions of some of your correspondents that this is a very convenient rule indeed if a councillor wishes to avoid commitment or keep sensitive information under wraps. The object was to avoid creating situations where sensitive information might be at risk. And why would a senior Pentagon official tell you this very secret and sensitive information? As someone who was intimately involved in dealing with the most sensitive national security secrets out there, how big of a flap is this? General statements that, for example, the information is sensitive security information, are inadequate to satisfy the government's burden. To saddle them with convenient moralizing about jeopardising the financial system by untimely disclosure of sensitive information only compounds the offence. Committee members were urged to keep all details of the meeting secret to prevent the sensitive information leaking into the public domain. In addition to the above, some classified information is so sensitive that even the extra protection measures applied to Top Secret information are not sufficient. And second, Uncle Sam needs to use domestic companies to keep sensitive defense and security information within U.S. borders. Such security information is genuinely sensitive; the government has a right to protect it. They should restrict access to sensitive information to only those employees with a need to know. Be aware that even in your own office, maintaining the security of sensitive information can have its challenges, especially around visitors. Exploiting this vulnerability will lead to denial of service, execution of arbitrary code, or the disclosure of sensitive information. ‘We did have a breach of security, with sensitive police information somehow leaking out,’ Mills said. Any tribunal which has to confront a Minister on a sensitive issue of document disclosure, should enjoy security of employment. The Victorian Opposition has released details of what it claims is yet another breach of sensitive security information within the Victoria Police. Access to especially sensitive information would be restricted to those participating in the oversight arrangements, and the fact of access would be documented. It is thought unlikely that the report will be published because of the sensitive security and operational information that it contains. Synonyms private, personal, intimate, privileged, quiet noun ˈsɛnsɪtɪvˈsɛnsədɪv A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences. 具有超自然通灵能力的人 Example sentencesExamples Here we have another frontier to explore with shamans, channels, mediums, and sundry sensitives. The sensitives believed themselves capable of sensing ghosts, and that is what they attempted to do. Merc believes that we sensitives should harness our powers to the good of the revolution. Attempts have been made by various groups to work with trained sensitives in the presence of a crystal skull and record the impressions that they psychically receive. Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiquitous stereotypes regarding ghosts that caused witnesses and sensitives to respond to the locale in a concordant manner. Derivatives sensitiveness noun ˈsɛnsɪtɪvnəsˈsɛnsədɪvnəs In the vegetable kingdom sensitiveness of an involuntary nature is discernible in the form of germination and growth while a still higher type of sensibility accompanied by a limited consciousness can be seen in the animal life. Example sentencesExamples But many of their members have expressed discontent, and the society is showing signs of an increased sensitiveness to the issue. The diligence, tolerance and persistence of cows and their sensitiveness to how we treat them demonstrates to us that we must respect life. Thus, the Moon provides intuition and sensitiveness when positioned in a water sign, and the desire to internally experience the Sun's drive. The world over, the public image of a company's brands is largely determined by its sensitiveness to environmental issues and this has successfully contributed to a marked decline in industrial pollution. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'sensory'): from Old French sensitif, -ive or medieval Latin sensitivus, formed irregularly from Latin sentire 'feel'. The current senses date from the early 19th century. Definition of sensitive in US English: sensitive adjectiveˈsensədivˈsɛnsədɪv 1Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences. 敏感的；灵敏的 the new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones 新的蛋白质探测方法比旧的灵敏。 spiders are sensitive to vibrations on their web 蜘蛛对蜘蛛网上的震动很敏感。 Example sentencesExamples He said he palpitated the man's liver beforehand rather than carrying out an ultrasound scan because, at the time, it was a more sensitive method for detecting tumours. Sucrose is a good subject for testing the sequence because it has resonances very close to that of water, making the signal sensitive to the quality of the water suppression. You've written that patients today are more sensitive to body signals; they're more likely to go to the doctor for something than they would have a few decades ago. Information is only information in relation to a specific mechanism sensitive to a specific signal. The most simple way to look at this is that a genotype might influence who is sensitive to the impact of that first unhealthy weight loss diet they go on, she said. Other applications of this discovery include sensors so sensitive that they can detect a single molecule. Well, the only thing is he is so extraordinarily responsive and sensitive to any move that I make that it's uncanny. American units look for enemy command posts with sensitive systems that can detect radio transmissions and other signatures that TOCs give off. In contrast, signal amplitude is found most sensitive to the phosphatase reactions at the ERK level. Platelets are quite sensitive to outside signals because they have to clump together to prevent blood loss. Males that are sensitive to females' signals are more likely to mate with several females, she added. A young and eager mind endowed with the gift of scientific aptitude is particularly sensitive to these societal influences. Well we found that females seem to be more sensitive to perceiving these signals of fear. The whole process of category building is dynamic and extremely sensitive to patterns detected in the data. The patient seems to be sensitive to this particular response and asks whether he believes what she has said. The vegetative tissues of perennials may also be systemically less sensitive to senescence signals. Reflected signals from radar are sensitive to water surface roughness. Well the sensor is very versatile and it works in simultaneous modes so it both detects magnetic materials but it's also sensitive to the electric susceptibility. In those cells they found proteins called cryptochromes which are highly sensitive to magnetism, undergoing slight structural alterations in response to changes in a magnetic field. Oberlander will also explain that people are highly sensitive to subliminal signals about personality, regardless of whether or not they know who a message has come from. Synonyms responsive to, quick to respond to, sensitized to, reactive to, sentient of 1.1 Easily damaged, injured, or distressed by slight changes. 敏感的；脆弱的 the committee called for improved protection of wildlife in environmentally sensitive areas 委员会呼吁加强对环境敏感地域的野生动物保护。 Example sentencesExamples Mechanical control is popular and effective but call be cost prohibitive and may damage environmentally sensitive areas. He says around 80 per cent of the West MacDonnells park is spinifex, and the big fires that come out of it damage the sensitive non-spinifex areas. There would also be a great impact from invasive weeds into the area and damage to the sensitive forest floor. The area was extremely sensitive to even light touch, and he was unwilling to have acupuncture needles inserted in or around this area because of the severe pain. The burned area will be sensitive to sunlight for up to one year. Prefabrication of the building in a nearby factory minimized both construction waste and damage to the sensitive area by heavy equipment. Modified tips are extremely sensitive to damage and/or contamination, resulting in nonspecific interactions with the surface. These creams and ointments vary in strength, and using the wrong strength in sensitive areas can damage the skin, especially in infants. A helicopter had to be used to move materials to the site to start the project because wheeled vehicles would have caused too much damage to the sensitive environment of the existing ancient woodland around the site. The perianal area can be highly sensitive to perfumes, soaps, clothes, fabrics, dietary intake and superficial trauma. The edge guard bands make the cartridge less sensitive to possible tape damage as a result of non-uniform tape pack wind, temperature shock, and transportation. He pointed to the damage done to the sensitive ecosystems in Shoalwater Bay by the US-Australia military training exercises that have taken place there since 1992. Are the border areas more sensitive to any disruption to their own French identity? Bundle sheath proteins are more sensitive to oxidative damage than those of the mesophyll in maize leaves exposed to paraquat or low temperatures All the electronic equipment using the semiconductor-based solid-state technology and their functioning is highly sensitive to the ambient temperature. It says there will be additional business opportunities in tourism and recreation although extreme weather could also damage sensitive attractions such as York Minster and Bolton Priory. Both parental and cells were equally sensitive to damage by the alkylating agent. He said the vehicles ‘had a major visible impact with serious ramifications for Dartmoor National Park’, damaging sensitive areas of bog and heather. The Region of Waterloo has recently posted signs around the region warning people that the pumps are in areas that are sensitive to runoff. Strains with mutations in both genes are very sensitive to DNA damaging agents, have very short telomeres, and undergo cellular senescence. Synonyms delicate, easily damaged, fragile 1.2 (of photographic materials) prepared so as to respond rapidly to the action of light. （照相材料）感光的 Example sentencesExamples Their differences could be recorded by displaying their transmissions on a cathode ray tube and using a cine camera, equipped with very sensitive film, to take high-speed photographs of them. The blue filter is measuring blue light in the visible spectrum, not the ultraviolet light to which platinum materials are sensitive. A silver-based sensitive coating, then on paper, later on glass and ultimately on plastic film, was used for a brief exposure in the camera. Even the orthochromatic films were not sensitive to red light. Orthochromatic films are not sensitive to red light at all, and may be developed under a red safelight. 1.3 (of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences. （市场）脆弱的；敏感的 Example sentencesExamples The entertainment business is the most sensitive market in the world. You can either copy as many times as you like, or not copy at all, and the record companies have been terrified of implementing the ‘copy protection on’ mode in sensitive markets. This directly affects consumer spending, and especially sensitive markets such as house prices. Some farmers and processors are saying we should not be afraid to test all cattle going to slaughter for BSE, or at least those going to sensitive markets such as Japan. This regimen is widely used in cost sensitive markets, but even in the United States it is still popular. 2(of a person or a person's behavior) having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings. （人，人的行为）敏感的；敏锐的 I pay tribute to the Minister for his sensitive handling of the bill 我为部长对法案敏锐的处理深感敬佩。 Example sentencesExamples We can well see that communicating a notice of suspension outside the front door is not the most sensitive way to handle this delicate matter. In the future a more sensitive appreciation for these sorts of emotional predispositions can help us generate a more refined approach to violence prevention. One is Mary's uniquely sensitive appreciation of the myriad ways in which the case for academic freedom may be advanced. It also asked for a more sensitive approach in handling such cases, but nothing seems to have come out of it. Their sensitive and delicate portrayal of tales is so real and touching that they have become the hallmark of Iranian cinema in the recent past. Those who can appreciate a sensitive portrayal of Native Americans are also recommended to add this to their collection. Surely, the Congress should be sensitive and appreciative of the hostility to foreign troops. Where customers fall seriously into debt they continue to be handled in a sensitive manner without compromising targets on return. An assessment of these may provide us with more accurate and more sensitive insights into the Indian past. The issue of Alzheimer's is dealt with in a sensitive and delicate manner, which doesn't overplay the pity. Nietzsche, in fact, provides an occasion for some of his most penetrating insights and most sensitive interpretations. Exhumation and re-interment of remains will be handled in a sensitive way. He said that at the time of the original call, attempts were made to trace the man in a sensitive and delicate manner, but without success. His career as a dance artist and experience as manager/producer also helped bring sensitive insights into the workshop discussions. The Yorkshire Euro MP may not be the first person you'd think of if you were looking for a sensitive appreciation of the modern woman. ‘This was a peaceful vigil and it is unfortunate that this incident took place but the police should be thanked for the sensitive way they handled it,’ he said. I now have a more sensitive appreciation of how devastating war really is. The beautiful MacMillan work got a sensitive and delicate reading that asked for more of this seldom heard but wonderful English composer. Synonyms tactful, careful, thoughtful, diplomatic, delicate, subtle, finely tuned, kid-glove 2.1 Easily offended or upset. 敏感的；易激怒的；易惹恼的 I suppose I shouldn't be so sensitive 我想我不该如此敏感。 Example sentencesExamples Women would benefit enormously from this - we are very sensitive and get upset about small things, and men have no idea. We'll give you some first impressions later today, and after that - and if we haven't offended the sensitive vendors too much - full reviews should follow in the next couple of weeks. There are wild-looking cats wandering the open areas and this might upset the very sensitive. He has a very intense, sensitive temperament and quickly becomes upset, angry, anxious, over-excited and frustrated. Never forget, she warns, that young girls are highly sensitive, and the last thing we should be doing is telling our daughters they look a sight. O'Leary cheerfully acknowledges that his abrasive manner upsets the more sensitive among those he deals with. But he was highly sensitive, easily discouraged by setbacks; and in 1915 resigned from his union post to convalesce from alcoholism. He offended sensitive members of the staff and press with arrogant quips about artists and audiences, but he revitalised an elderly board and ran a tight set of budgets. He was highly sensitive about his background and age (‘Just say I'm in my late thirties,’ he used to tell journalists). There is a bunch of stuff I don't like or need, but we won't go there so as to not offend the sensitive and thin skinned. It was his preferred statement which was then packaged as part of a departmental information kit and sent to those sensitive Christians upset at the sight of children behind razor wire. And the movie contains non-exploitative sexual content featuring minors that may offend more sensitive viewers. The guidelines dictate that emotionally charged topics be avoided on tests, for fear that mention of them might upset sensitive children. Wendy Noel plays Maureen as an edgy, outspoken and sensitive woman. Those warnings about images which may upset sensitive viewers have become much more few and far between. Synonyms easily offended, easily upset, easily hurt, thin-skinned, touchy, oversensitive, hypersensitive, defensive 3Kept secret or with restrictions on disclosure to avoid endangering security. 保密的；限制透露的 he was suspected of passing sensitive information to other countries 他被怀疑向别国传递机密信息。 Example sentencesExamples They should restrict access to sensitive information to only those employees with a need to know. And why would a senior Pentagon official tell you this very secret and sensitive information? Committee members were urged to keep all details of the meeting secret to prevent the sensitive information leaking into the public domain. A US Airways Express spokesman declined to comment on the charges, citing airline policy against revealing sensitive security information. Access to especially sensitive information would be restricted to those participating in the oversight arrangements, and the fact of access would be documented. In addition to the above, some classified information is so sensitive that even the extra protection measures applied to Top Secret information are not sufficient. General statements that, for example, the information is sensitive security information, are inadequate to satisfy the government's burden. As someone who was intimately involved in dealing with the most sensitive national security secrets out there, how big of a flap is this? It is thought unlikely that the report will be published because of the sensitive security and operational information that it contains. Be aware that even in your own office, maintaining the security of sensitive information can have its challenges, especially around visitors. ‘We did have a breach of security, with sensitive police information somehow leaking out,’ Mills said. The overall effect gives weight to the opinions of some of your correspondents that this is a very convenient rule indeed if a councillor wishes to avoid commitment or keep sensitive information under wraps. Such security information is genuinely sensitive; the government has a right to protect it. The object was to avoid creating situations where sensitive information might be at risk. Whether or not it contained any sensitive security information was immaterial. To saddle them with convenient moralizing about jeopardising the financial system by untimely disclosure of sensitive information only compounds the offence. And second, Uncle Sam needs to use domestic companies to keep sensitive defense and security information within U.S. borders. The Victorian Opposition has released details of what it claims is yet another breach of sensitive security information within the Victoria Police. Exploiting this vulnerability will lead to denial of service, execution of arbitrary code, or the disclosure of sensitive information. Any tribunal which has to confront a Minister on a sensitive issue of document disclosure, should enjoy security of employment. Synonyms private, personal, intimate, privileged, quiet nounˈsensədivˈsɛnsədɪv A person who is believed to respond to occult influences. 具有超自然通灵能力的人 Example sentencesExamples Attempts have been made by various groups to work with trained sensitives in the presence of a crystal skull and record the impressions that they psychically receive. The sensitives believed themselves capable of sensing ghosts, and that is what they attempted to do. Merc believes that we sensitives should harness our powers to the good of the revolution. Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiquitous stereotypes regarding ghosts that caused witnesses and sensitives to respond to the locale in a concordant manner. Here we have another frontier to explore with shamans, channels, mediums, and sundry sensitives. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from Old French sensitif, -ive or medieval Latin sensitivus, formed irregularly from Latin sentire ‘feel’. The current senses date from the early 19th century.
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