susceptibility

感受性、罹患しやすさ

何かの影響や害を受けやすい性質。

やさしい英語で： The tendency to be easily affected or harmed by something.

• Poor sleep increases susceptibility to infection.
• The study measured susceptibility to stress.
• Genes may influence a person’s susceptibility to certain diseases.

使い方： susceptibility to something (Smoking increases susceptibility to lung disease.)

類義語： vulnerability, sensitivity

反対語： resistance

よく使う表現： susceptibility to disease, increased susceptibility, genetic susceptibility

弱点、素因

特定の影響や害を受けやすくする弱点や体質。

やさしい英語で： A particular weakness that makes someone or something easy to affect or harm.

• The test revealed an inherited susceptibility to infection.
• Doctors considered her individual susceptibilities before choosing treatment.
• Each variety has a different susceptibility to disease.

使い方： a susceptibility to something (He has a particular susceptibility to chest infections.)

類義語： vulnerability, weakness

よく使う表現： individual susceptibility, inherited susceptibility, particular susceptibility

感じやすさ、傷つきやすさ

感情が強く動いたり、すぐに傷ついたりする性質。

やさしい英語で： The tendency to have strong feelings or be easily upset.

• Her emotional susceptibility made criticism painful.
• He tried not to offend their susceptibilities.
• The joke hurt his delicate susceptibilities.

類義語： sensitivity, sensitiveness

反対語： insensitivity

よく使う表現： emotional susceptibility, delicate susceptibilities, hurt someone’s susceptibilities

電気感受率

電場によって物質内の正負の電荷がどれほどずれやすいかを示す値。

やさしい英語で： A measure of how easily an electric field shifts positive and negative charges within a material.

• The material has a high electric susceptibility.
• We measured the susceptibility of the sample.
• Its susceptibility changes with temperature.

類義語： electric susceptibility

よく使う表現： electric susceptibility, dielectric susceptibility