1. 1易受暗示的、耳根軟的。心理學上多半講「易受暗示」(催眠、誘導性問話的情境);日常講一個人容易被別人牽著走,台灣人會說「耳根軟」「沒主見」。注意不要因為看到 suggest 就理解成「可以被建議的」。

    Easily influenced by what other people say or do, or by what you see and hear. If you are suggestible, an idea can be put into your head from outside and you take it as your own, often without noticing that it came from outside at all.

    Easily influenced容易被影響 by what other people say or do被別人說的話或做的事,or by what you see and hear或你看到、聽到的東西影響。If you are suggestible如果你suggestible,an idea can be put into your head from outside一個想法可以從外面被放進你腦子裡,and you take it as your own而你會把它當成是自己的想法,often without noticing常常沒發現 that it came from outside at all那其實是從外面來的。

    It is used about people who are trusting, or young, or tired, or in a strange situation — a child listening to an older kid, a person under hypnosis, a witness who is asked a question in a leading way.

    It is used about people who are trusting, or young, or tired, or in a strange situation這個字用在容易相信人、年紀小、疲累,或處在陌生情境裡的人身上——a child listening to an older kid一個聽大孩子講話的小孩,a person under hypnosis一個被催眠的人,a witness who is asked a question in a leading way一個被誘導性問題問話的目擊者。

    Note the shape of the word: it does NOT mean 'able to be suggested' the way 'washable' means 'able to be washed'. The person is the one who is open to suggestion, not the thing being suggested.

    Note the shape of the word注意這個字的構造:it does NOT mean 'able to be suggested'它不是「可以被建議」的意思,the way 'washable' means 'able to be washed'不像washable是「可以被洗」的意思。The person is the one who is open to suggestion是「這個人」容易接受暗示,not the thing being suggested而不是「被建議的那件事」。

    It is a slightly formal word — you meet it in books, in psychology, in news writing about advertising or scams — and it is usually a soft criticism. Calling someone suggestible is not calling them stupid; it means their guard is down. It often comes with a phrase saying how much: 'highly suggestible', 'very suggestible'.

    It is a slightly formal word這是個稍微正式的字——you meet it in books, in psychology, in news writing about advertising or scams你會在書裡、心理學裡,或講廣告、詐騙的新聞報導裡遇到它——and it is usually a soft criticism而且通常帶一點溫和的批評意味。Calling someone suggestible is not calling them stupid說一個人suggestible不是在說他笨;it means their guard is down意思是他防備心比較弱。It often comes with a phrase saying how much常常會搭配一個講程度的詞:'highly suggestible', 'very suggestible'「highly suggestible」、「very suggestible」。

    There is a second, thinner use where it just means 'open to persuasion' with no criticism at all, but the worried meaning is much more common, and you will not go wrong assuming it is there.

    There is a second, thinner use還有第二種比較單薄的用法 where it just means 'open to persuasion'就只是「容易被說服」的意思,with no criticism at all完全沒有批評的意味,but the worried meaning is much more common但那種比較負面、令人擔心的意思常見得多,and you will not go wrong assuming it is there你假設它帶有那個意味通常不會錯。

core核心畫面

組成suggest(提議、把想法放進別人心裡)+ -ible(可以被…的)。-ible 從拉丁文 -ibilis 來,經過古法文 -ible 進入英文。字面是「可以被提議影響的」,也就是別人一說什麼,就進得去。suggest 本身來自拉丁文 suggerere,字面「從下面搬上來」——想法不是硬塞的,是悄悄從底下遞上來的,這個畫面正好對上這個字的意思。

同家族的字

  • suggestion同樣從 suggest 來;suggestible 的人就是容易被 suggestion 影響的人
  • suggestive也從 suggest 來,但方向相反:suggestive 是「會讓人聯想到…的」,發出暗示;suggestible 是接收暗示
  • visible共用 -ible 這個字尾(可被看見的)
  • possible共用 -ible 字尾

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

suggestibleadj

  • 1

    Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

    • In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986).

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。