APPLIED ARTS AND FINE ARTS 單字與片語分析 (2-1)
1. Sensitivity (N.)：
(A) an ability to understand what other people need, and behelpful and kind to them ；
例句 1: The police showed commendable sensitivity in their handling of the case.
例句 2: He was always so sensitive and caring.
(B) the quality of being easily upset by the thingspeople say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, orangry ；
例句 1: I should have warned you about her sensitivity to criticism.
例句 2: Take it easy. Don't be so sensitive.
(C) the fact of a situation, subject, etc. needing to be dealt withcarefully in order to avoid upsetting people；
例句 1: Such is the sensitivity of the information that only two people are allowed to know it.
例句 2: Employment is a very sensitive issue.
(D) having a strong physical reaction to something；例句 : One of the side effects of the drug is an increased sensitivity to sunlight.
2. physical laws ：物理定律
3. thus (adv.)：
(A) in this way .例句 1: Martin helped his father dig the water gardens out by hand. Thus he discovered his interest in gardening.
例句 2: He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies
(B) with this result .
.例句 1: They planned to reduce staff and thus to cut costs.
例句 2: Even in a highly skilled workforce some people will be more capable and thus better paid than others.
4. consideration (N.)：
(A) the act of thinking about something carefully.
例句 1: After some consideration, we've decided to sell the house.
例句 2: He said there should be careful consideration of the future role of the BBC.
(B) a particular subject or fact that needs to be thought about when judging something .
例句 1: Comfort/Safety is an important consideration.
例句 2: Several proposals are under consideration by the state assembly.
(C) behaviour that is kind and considers people's feelings .
例句 1: You have no consideration for others!
例句 2: Really, her tone said, some people have absolutely no consideration.
例句 : For a small consideration, sir, I'll show you the way there myself.
5. taken STH for granted ： to never think about something because you believe it will always be available or stay exactly the same .
例句 1: I didn't realize that Melanie hadn't been to college - I suppose I just took it for granted.
例句 2: There are many things I take for granted and don't even realize.
6. assumption (N.)：
(A) something that you accept as true without question or proof .
例句 1: People tend to make assumptions about you when you have a disability.
例句 2: We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
(B) the act of taking a position of power, responsibility, etc.
例句 : The government have retained the support which greeted their assumption of power last March.
7. significant (Adj.)：
(A) important or noticeable .
例句 1: There has been a significant increase in the number of women students in recent years.
例句 2: Time would appear to be the significant factor in this whole drama.
例句 1: She looked at him across the table and gave him a significant smile.
例句 2: Do you think it's significant that he hasn't replied to my letter yet?
8. discipline (N.)：
(A) training that makes people more willing to obey or more ableto control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by this training .
例句 1: There should be tougher discipline in schools.
例句 2: Order and discipline have been placed in the hands of headmasters and governing bodies.
(B) the ability to control yourself or other people, even in difficultsituations .
例句 1: Maintaining classroom discipline (= control of the students) is the first task of every teacher.
例句 2: It was that image of calm and discipline that appealed to voters.
(C) a particular area of study, especially a subject studied at acollege or university .
9. constrained (Adj.)：
(A) forced to do something against your will = constrained to do sth
例句 1: Don't feel constrained to do what he says - he has no authority.
例句 2: How can we produce top-class engineers when universities are constrained to offer salaries that can only attract mediocre staff?
(B) Constrained behaviour is forced and unnatural.
例句 1: Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations.
例句 2: For some reason he felt constrained to lower his voice.
10. primary (Adj.)：
(A) more important than anything else; main.
例句 1: His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.
例句 2: The Red Cross's primary concern is to preserve and protect human life.
(B) of or for the teaching of young children, especiallythose between five and eleven years old .
例句 1: Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.
例句 2: Ninety-nine per cent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers.
(C) happening first .
例句 1: They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
例句 2: It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.
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