susceptible

Intermediatezipf 3.67

Pronunciation

/səˈsɛptɪbəl/(suh-SEP-tih-bul)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

易受影响的;容易感染的(容易受到某种影响、伤害或疾病的侵袭)

Definition

Likely to be influenced, harmed, or infected; easily affected by something.

Word family

  • susceptibility/səˌsɛptɪˈbɪlɪti/(n)易感性

Collocations

  • susceptible to disease
  • susceptible to influence
  • highly susceptible
  • susceptible to fraud
  • susceptible population

Examples

  1. 1.Elderly people and young children are most susceptible to complications from the virus. (health)
  2. 2.The system is susceptible to hacking if the security patches aren't regularly applied. (technology)

Synonyms

  • vulnerable/ˈvʌlnərəbəl/open to harm; broader
  • prone/prəʊn/having a tendency toward something negative
  • predisposed/ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊzd/inclined toward due to prior conditions

Etymology

from Latin "susceptibilis" = capable of receiving, from "suscipere" = to take up