Receptive

(adj.) able to absorb liquid (not repellent); 'the paper is ink-receptive' .

(adj.) open to arguments, ideas, or change; 'receptive to reason and the logic of facts' .

(adj.) ready or willing to receive favorably; 'receptive to the proposals' .

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• The elevation of the table is proportionate to the quantity of water injected, and the power proportionate to the receptive areas of the pump and the cylinder. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He had regarded Rosamond's cleverness as precisely of the receptive kind which became a woman. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In the second place, the interest in experience as a means of basing truth upon objects, upon nature, led to looking at the mind as purely receptive. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But Ursula's mind ceased to be receptive, everything was unimportant and unreal. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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