【问】 sensibility，sensitivity与sensitiveness都指“敏感性”、“灵敏度”。它们之间有无区别?
 【答】 sensibil ity常常用于指感情上的敏感性或灵敏性。例如：
 1. the sensibility of an artist or poet
 艺术家或诗人的敏感性
 2. ...a writer of high sensibility and intelligence
 具有高度敏感性和才智的作家
 3. She has an unusual sensibility for colors. (Thorndike)
 她对于颜色异常敏感。
 有时亦可用于事物的敏感性：
 1. It is now possible to measure the sensibility of plants to light and heat. (FWF)
 现在能够测量出植物对光和热的敏感度。
 2. Her remarks showed a lack of sensibility. (EED)
 她说的话表明她缺乏敏感性。
 当涉及事物或仪表的“敏感性”或“灵敏度”时，使用sensitivity是恰当的：
 1. The dentist gave me an injection which reduced the sensitivity of the nerve.
 牙医给我注射了一针以降低神经的敏感性。
 2. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity. (NewConcept English，Book 4，L.4)
 其它实验表明，她的膝盖和肩膀也具有类似的敏感性。
 只有人才具有sensitiveness：
 1. He had a rare sensitiveness to beauty in every form.
 他对每种形态的美都有一种罕见的敏感性。
 2. develop a sensitiveness to artistic beauty
 培养对艺术美的敏感性