雅思词汇之长相相似的词汇sensible与sensitive

sensible / sensitive

sensible: adjective meaning 'having common sense' i.e. 'not stupid'

sensible：形容词，意思是“有常识的”、“通情达理的”，也就是说“不笨”。

Examples:

例句：

I wish you would be more sensible about things.

I'm afraid you aren't being very sensible.

我希望你能更理性的看待这件事。

恐怕你不是很客观。

sensitive: adjective meaning 'to feel very deeply' or 'to hurt easily'

sensitive：形容词，意思是“敏感的”、“脆弱的”、“易受伤害的”

Examples:

例句：

You should be careful with David. He's very sensitive.

Mary is a very sensitive woman.

你和大卫相处要小心点，他非常敏感。

玛丽是个非常敏感的人。