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sensibility

🇬🇧 UK/.sensi'biliti/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The ability to feel or perceive; refined emotional awareness, especially regarding aesthetic or moral matters.

感受力;(审美或道德上的)敏感性,情感

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
sensfeel, perceive, sense
+
ibilsuffix
+
itystate, quality, condition
=sensibility

Common Collocations

  • 1.artistic sensibility艺术感受力
  • 2.moral sensibility道德情感
  • 3.offend sensibilities冒犯情感
  • 4.aesthetic sensibility审美敏感性

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her artistic sensibility was evident in the way she decorated every room.

  • 2.

    The novel offended the moral sensibilities of many readers at the time.

  • 3.

    A good therapist needs both professional training and emotional sensibility.

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