| 词组 | receptive |
| 释义 | receptive When used with a preposition, receptive is now almost always followed by to: • Now more than ever publishers will be forced to be receptive to bestseller books —James T. Farrell, in New Directions, 1946 • ... he is just as receptive to constructive criticism as he is ready to give it —Chris Albertson, Saturday Rev., 27 Nov. 1971 • ... Pasternak had been mildly receptive to the revolution —Irving Howe, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 5 Feb. 1978 At one time receptive was quite commonly found with of; the OED quotes both Defoe and Coleridge, among other authors, for the use. Receptive of seems to have receded in contemporary writing, although it was not rare in the first half of the 20th century: • Robinson was, like the Wells he goes out of his way so often to praise, almost too receptive of new ideas —Saturday Rev., 9 Jan. 1937 • ... expanding one's personality that it may become receptive of that inexplicable energy which guarantees personal power —Lloyd C. Douglas, Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal, 1939 Infrequently, receptive has been used with for; • ... increase tension of the ear drum, making it more receptive for light sounds —Saturday Rev., 9 Jan. 1937 |
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