[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不敏感的;感觉迟钝的;麻木不仁的 If you describe someone as insensitive, you are criticizing them for being unaware of or unsympathetic to other people's feelings.
[disapproval]
I feel my husband is very insensitive about my problem.
我感觉丈夫对我的问题麻木不仁。
insensitivity
I was ashamed at my insensitivity towards her.
我为自己忽视她的感受而羞愧。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]漠视的;不在乎的;毫不在意的 Someone who is insensitive to a situation or to a need does not think or care about it.
[usu ADJ to n]
Women's and Latino organizations that say he is insensitive to civil rights.
指责他漠视人权的女性组织与拉美裔组织
insensitivity
...insensitivity to the environmental consequences.
对环境后果的毫不顾及
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[ADJ 形容词](对体感)没有感觉的,麻木的 Someone who is insensitive to a physical sensation is unable to feel it.
[usu v-link ADJ to n]
He had become insensitive to cold.
他对寒冷已经没有感觉了。
Oxford
in·sensi·tive/ɪnˈsensətɪv; NAmEɪnˈsensətɪv/adjective1not realizing or caring how other people feel, and therefore likely to hurt or offend them (对他人的感受)未意识到的,漠不关心的SYN
unsympathetic
◆an insensitive remark冷漠的言语insensitiveto sth ◆She's completely insensitive to my feelings.她全然不顾我的感情。2insensitive(to sth) not aware of changing situations, and therefore of the need to react to them (对变化)懵然不知的,麻木不仁的◆The government seems totally insensitive to the mood of the country.政府似乎对全国民众的心情完全懵然不知。3insensitive(to sth) not able to feel or react to sth (对某事物)无感觉,无反应◆insensitive to pain/cold感觉不到疼痛╱寒冷◆He seems completely insensitive to criticism.他似乎对批评麻木不仁。OPP
1not 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 remarkinsensitive to She’s totally insensitive to Jack’s feelings.► see thesaurus at
unkind
2[not before noun] not paying attention to what is happening or to what people are saying, and therefore not changing your behaviour because of itinsensitive to Companies that are insensitive to global changes will lose sales. The service is insensitive to the needs of local people.3[not before noun] not affected by physical effects or changesinsensitive to insensitive to pain—insensitively adverb—insensitivity /ɪnˌsensəˈtɪvəti/ noun [uncountable]
WDF
insensitive
[ɪnˈsensətɪv]
TEM4
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ADJ16417
20061
Spoken:
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不敏感的(49%),麻木不仁的(30%),感觉迟钝的(21%)
adj.感觉迟钝的,对…没有感觉的
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