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insensitive adj.不敏感的；麻木不仁的；感觉迟钝的 (1) 那些对国际变化不敏感的公司最终会丧失销售业绩。(2) 我从未见过像吉娜那样麻木不仁的人。(3) 嘲笑不幸的人是麻木不仁的行为。 This word has two meanings that are closely related. When your foot is asleep, it's insensitive or numb — you can't feel your friend poking at it. When you get really cold, you can become insensitive to pain. In the other sense, insensitive means the opposite of caring and sympathetic — you're insensitive to other people's feelings. If you make a joke about your friend's bad haircut when you know she's embarrassed about it, you're being insensitive.

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英 [ɪn'sensətɪv] 美 [ɪn'sensətɪv] (1) Companies that are insensitive to global changes will lose sales.(2) I've never known anyone as insensitive as Gina.(3) It's insensitive to laugh at unfortunate people. When you're insensitive, you're not feeling something. You can be insensitive to the weather or other people's problems. 1[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。insensitivityI was ashamed at my insensitivity towards her.我为自己忽视她的感受而羞愧。2[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3[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。

英语单词	insensitive
英美音标	英 [ɪn'sensətɪv] 美 [ɪn'sensətɪv]
中文释义	adj.不敏感的；麻木不仁的；感觉迟钝的
英语例句	(1) Companies that are insensitive to global changes will lose sales. (2) I've never known anyone as insensitive as Gina. (3) It's insensitive to laugh at unfortunate people.
中文例句	(1) 那些对国际变化不敏感的公司最终会丧失销售业绩。 (2) 我从未见过像吉娜那样麻木不仁的人。 (3) 嘲笑不幸的人是麻木不仁的行为。
vocabulary简明	When you're insensitive, you're not feeling something. You can be insensitive to the weather or other people's problems.
vocabulary扩展	This word has two meanings that are closely related. When your foot is asleep, it's insensitive or numb — you can't feel your friend poking at it. When you get really cold, you can become insensitive to pain. In the other sense, insensitive means the opposite of caring and sympathetic — you're insensitive to other people's feelings. If you make a joke about your friend's bad haircut when you know she's embarrassed about it, you're being insensitive.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 3 [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。

Insensitive People's Feel Insensitivity Feelings Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 I