susceptible

• adj.影響を受けやすい；傷つきやすい；寛容である
• n. 病気にかかりやすい人

sus-, under, up, -cept, take, seize, 語源的にはaccept, captureと同じ。

susceptible (adj.)

c. 1600, from Late Latin susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from Latin suscept-, past participle stem of suscipere "to take, catch, take up, lift up; receive, admit; submit to; sustain, support, bear; acknowledge, accept," from sub "up from under" (see sub-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Susceptive in the same sense is recorded from early 15c. Related: Susceptibly.

1. Walking with weights makes the shoulders very susceptible to injury.

荷重で歩くと肩が傷つきやすい。

2.He was,she believes,unusually susceptible to women.

彼女は彼が女性に対して何の力もないと思っている。

3.Others are more susceptible to attempts at quantification.

他の人は量子化のやり方に傾きやすい。

4.Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements.

若者は広告の影響を最も受けやすい。

5.Hers was a susceptible nature.

彼女はとても情緒的だ。