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sen‧si‧tive S3 W3 /ˈsensətɪv, ˈsensɪtɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: adjective: ↑sensible, ↑insensible, ↑senseless, ↑sensitive ≠ ↑insensitive, ↑sensory, ↑nonsensical, ↑insensate; noun: ↑sense ≠ ↑nonsense, ↑sensibility ≠ ↑insensibility, ↑sensitivity ≠ ↑insensitivity, ↑senselessness, ↑sensitization, ↑sensor; adverb: ↑sensibly, ↑senselessly, ↑sensitively ≠ ↑insensitively; verb: ↑sense, ↑sensitize]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, from Latin sensus; ⇨ ↑sense¹]
1. UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE able to understand other people’s feelings and problems OPP insensitive:
a sensitive and intelligent young man
sensitive to
It’s made me much more sensitive to the needs of the disabled.
2. EASILY OFFENDED easily upset or offended by events or things that people say:
a very sensitive child
sensitive about
Laura’s sensitive about her weight.
sensitive to
Throughout her career she remained very sensitive to criticism.
sensitive soul British English (=someone who is easily upset by small or unimportant things) ⇨ ↑hypersensitive
3. EASILY AFFECTED easily affected or damaged by something such as a substance or temperature:
Wetlands are environmentally sensitive areas.
a baby’s sensitive skin
sensitive to
Older people tend to be very sensitive to cold.
Increasing numbers of people are sensitive to cow’s milk.
4. SITUATION/SUBJECT a situation or subject that is sensitive needs to be dealt with very carefully, because it is secret or because it may offend people:
Abortion is a very sensitive issue.
sensitive matters such as national security
highly sensitive information
5. REACTING TO CHANGES reacting to very small changes in light, temperature, position etc:
a highly sensitive electronic camera
light-sensitive/heat-sensitive etc
light-sensitive photographic paper
6. ART/MUSIC ETC able to understand or express yourself through art, music, literature etc:
a very sensitive performance
—sensitively adverb:
It is an issue which needs to be handled sensitively.
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THESAURUS
▪ secret known about by only a few people, who have agreed not to tell anyone else: a secret meeting place | The details of the proposal must remain secret.
▪ confidential used about information, especially in business or government, that is secret and not intended to be shown or told to other people: a highly confidential report | Employees’ personal details are treated as strictly confidential.
▪ classified used about information that the government has ordered to be kept secret from most people: He was accused of passing on classified information to the Russians in the 1950s.
▪ sensitive used about information that is kept secret because there would be problems if the wrong people knew it: A teenager managed to hack into sensitive US Air Force files.
▪ covert [only before noun] used about things that are done secretly, especially by a government or official organization: a CIA covert operation
▪ undercover [usually before noun] used about things that are done secretly by the police in order to catch criminals or find out information: Detectives arrested the suspect after a five-day undercover operation.
▪ underground an underground organization or newspaper is one that operates or is produced secretly and opposes the government: Her father was a member of the underground resistance movement in France during World War II.
▪ clandestine /klænˈdestən, klænˈdestɪn/ secret and often illegal or immoral: clandestine meetings | his involvement in a clandestine operation to sell arms to Iran | a clandestine love affair
▪ hush-hush informal used about information or activities that are kept officially secret: He was put in charge of some hush-hush military project. | I’ve no idea what he does – it’s all very hush-hush.

sensitivehu

◎	['sensətiv]
※	tính từ
	■	dễ bị thương; dễ bị hỏng
		☆	the sensitive skin of a baby
			da non của em bé
		☆	a sensitive nerve in a tooth can cause great pain
			một dây thần kinh yếu ở răng có thể gây ra đau nhức nhiều
	■	(sensitive to something) bị ảnh hưởng mạnh bởi cái gì; dễ dàng bị ảnh hưởng bởi cái gì
		☆	photographic paper is highly sensitive to light
			giấy ảnh bắt ánh sáng rất nhạy
	■	(sensitive about / to something) dễ bị xúc phạm; dễ bị bối rối về tình cảm; nhạy cảm
		☆	a frail and sensitive child
			một đứa bé ẻo lả dễ xúc động
		☆	sensitive to cold
			dễ bị lạnh; yếu chịu lạnh
		☆	he's very sensitive about being small, so don't mention it
			cậu ấy rất dễ mặc cảm vì người bé nhỏ, cho nên đừng nhắc chuyện đó
	■	có sự thông cảm; biểu lộ sự thông cảm
		☆	an actor's sensitive reading of a poem
			cách đọc thơ đầy diễn cảm của một diễn viên
		☆	When I need advice, he's a helpful and sensitive friend
			Khi tôi cần khuyên bảo, anh ấy là một người bạn tận tình và thông cảm
	■	nhạy (về dụng cụ..)
		☆	sensitive scales
			cân nhạy
		☆	sensitive paper
			giấy (ảnh) bắt nhạy
		☆	a sensitive ear
			tai thính
		☆	sensitive market
			thị trường dễ lên xuống bất thường
	■	cần được xử lý hết sức kín đáo hoặc thận trọng
		☆	sensitive military information
			tin tức quân sự bảo mật
		☆	a sensitive issue like race relations
			một vấn đề tế nhị như quan hệ chủng tộc
※	danh từ
	■	người dễ bị thôi miên