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1. 这是个什么词？

词：susceptible

英英释义：likely to suffer from a particular illness or be affected by a particular problem

例句：The trade between China and the US is highly susceptible to bilateral diplomatic relations.

2. 为什么选这个词？

“susceptible”是形容词，意思是“容易受......的影响的、容易遭受......的”。它后面一般接介词 to, 后面的名词有负向含义，比如 illness, corruption, injury, damage, attack 等。be susceptible 可以同义替换 be prone to 和 be subject to。下面我们通过几个例子掌握它的用法。

日本经常有地震，可以说：

Japan is always troubled by earthquakes.

还可以说：

Japan is easily/particularly susceptible to earthquakes.

有的人更容易起口腔溃疡，就可以说：

Some people are more susceptible to ulcers than others.

中美之间的国际贸易很容易受到两国外交关系的影响，就可以说：

The trade between China and the US is highly susceptible to bilateral diplomatic relations.

下面来看《经济学人》中的几个例子：

1）Japan is aware that, notwithstanding America’s current tactics, export controls look bad; it is thus susceptible to pressure from other trading partners.

2）However, companies remain susceptible to political whims—the third and most vexing shared challenge.

3）People who were not deeply economically marginalised—unemployment has remained low in most countries—nevertheless became susceptible to feeling excluded and to blaming others.

4) And those great low-lying colonial ports will prove far more susceptible to sudden flooding and rises in sea level than older, more defensible ports farther up rivers were.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：

抽烟的人更容易得肺病。

Smokers are more susceptible to get lung diseases.

造句

Those who work outside in summer are more susceptible to get sunstroke.

（参考翻译：Smokers are more susceptible to lung diseases.)