receptive

adjective
🔊/rɪˈseptɪv/
🔊/rɪˈseptɪv/
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  1. receptive (to something) willing to listen to or to accept new ideas or suggestions(对新观点、建议等)愿意倾听的,乐于接受的 synonym responsive
    • She was always receptive to new ideas.她总是愿意接受新观点。🔊🔊
    • He gave an impressive speech to a receptive audience.他做了一次感人的讲演,听众深受感动。🔊🔊
    Topics Suggestions and advicec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryReceptive is used with these nouns:
    • audience
    • ear
    • vocabulary
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin receptivus, from recept- ‘taken back’, from the verb recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.