receptive

受け入れる姿勢のある、柔軟な

新しい考えを進んで聞き、受け入れるかどうか考えようとする。

やさしい英語で： Willing to listen to new ideas and consider accepting them.

• She was receptive to my suggestion.
• We found a receptive audience for our ideas.
• Are the managers receptive to change?

使い方： receptive to something (The team was receptive to feedback.)

類義語： open, open-minded

反対語： unreceptive

よく使う表現： receptive to something, receptive audience

受容性のある

信号や物質などを受け取ったり取り込んだりできる。

やさしい英語で： Able to take in something, such as signals or substances.

• The cells remain receptive to signals.
• The treatment makes the surface more receptive to dye.
• These tissues are receptive to outside stimuli.

使い方： receptive to something (The material is receptive to moisture.)

よく使う表現： receptive surface, receptive cells

受容的な

聞いたり読んだりした言葉を理解することに関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to understanding words that you hear or read.

• The test measures receptive vocabulary.
• Her receptive language skills are stronger than her speaking skills.
• Listening exercises can improve receptive understanding.

反対語： expressive

よく使う表現： receptive language, receptive vocabulary

交尾可能な、受粉可能な

交尾できる状態にある、または繁殖のために花粉を受け入れられる。

やさしい英語で： Ready to mate or able to receive pollen for reproduction.

• The female is now receptive.
• Pollen must reach the flower while its stigma is receptive.
• The males approach receptive females during the breeding season.

類義語： fertile

よく使う表現： receptive female, receptive stigma