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If someone is oversensitive, they are easily upset or offended. A small joke, a short email, a look — and they feel hurt, or they think you meant something . Sensitive already means feelings easily; the over- makes it “too much of that,” at least in the speaker's view. People often say it as a complaint: “Don't be so oversensitive.” That can be . Though actually, what looks like too much feeling from outside can be a real hurt on the inside, or a person who has been hurt before. Younger speakers may just say too sensitive. The over- makes the judgment louder. This sense is about feelings, not about a clever mind.
過於敏感的(容易覺得被冒犯);口語也說神經過敏
組成From over- + sensitive. over- means “too much”; sensitive here means easily hurt in your feelings.
同家族的字
- sensitivethe base: easily affected or easily hurt
- sensitivitythe noun: how easily you are affected
- insensitivethe other direction: not noticing or not caring
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oversensitiveadj
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Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。