perceptive

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per·cep·tive /pəˈseptɪv $ pər-/ adjectiveadj

NOTICEsomeone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people’s feelings etc well – used to show approval 觀察敏銳的，洞察力強的〔含褒義〕

a perceptive young man

一個觀察敏銳的年輕人

highly perceptive comments

精辟的評論

You’re right. That’s very perceptive of you.

你說得對，你看得很透。

—perceptively adverbadv

—perceptiveness noun [uncountableU]

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perceptive• Tom was too greedy, and not very perceptive.• Would people with sharp ears have been so perceptive?• I like her novels - she's so perceptive about people's relationships.• Susan Zakin is the most perceptive and eloquent political columnist in print in Tucson and probably in the whole damn state.• High school students are remarkably perceptive and fresh in their views.• He was a perceptive and sophisticated man who was sensitive to other people's weaknesses.• perceptive comments• Some people are just much more sensitive and perceptive in transmitting or receiving data than others.• a perceptive observer of the political scene• He was the most perceptive person she had ever met.• Another perceptive point made by Swan is the possible relationship between kiln design and the type of fuel used.

per·cep·tive adjectiveadj

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