pliable

英 [ˈplaɪəbl]

美 [ˈplaɪəbl]

adj.  易弯曲的; 柔韧的; 易受影响的; 可塑的; 容易摆布的

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BNC.22987 / COCA.20923

牛津词典

adj.

• 易弯曲的；柔韧的
  easy to bend without breaking
• 易受影响的；可塑的；容易摆布的
  easy to influence or control

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易弯的；柔韧的
  If something ispliable, you can bend it easily without cracking or breaking it.
  1. As your baby grows bigger, his bones become less pliable...
     随着宝宝的成长，其骨骼的柔韧性会降低。
  2. The finely twined baskets are made with young, pliable spruce roots.
     这些编织精美的篮子是用柔韧的云杉嫩树根编成的。
• ADJ-GRADED 易受影响的；柔顺的；顺从的
  Someone who ispliablecan be easily influenced and controlled by other people.
  1. If we go on expecting our daughters to be decorative and pliable and empty-headed, they'll be inadequately prepared for the future.
     如果我们继续期望自己的女儿只重外表、毫无主见、头脑空空的话，她们就会对未来准备不足。

英英释义

adj

• capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
  1. a flexible wire
  2. a pliant young tree
  Synonym:bendablepliantwaxy
• able to adjust readily to different conditions
  1. an adaptable person
  2. a flexible personality
  3. an elastic clause in a contract
  Synonym:elasticflexiblepliant
• capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  1. ductile copper
  2. malleable metals such as gold
  3. they soaked the leather to made it pliable
  4. pliant molten glass
  5. made of highly tensile steel alloy
  Synonym:ductilemalleableplianttensiletractile
• susceptible to being led or directed
  1. fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
  Synonym:fictile

双语例句

• Clay is a pliable substance.
  黏土是一种柔韧性强的物质。
• If we go on expecting our daughters to be decorative and pliable and empty-headed, they'll be inadequately prepared for the future.
  如果我们继续期望自己的女儿只重外表、毫无主见、头脑空空的话，她们就会对未来准备不足。
• It shouldn't be hard to get him to agree, he's very pliable.
  要他同意不会太难，他很通融。
• The wooden frame warped in the humidity. Cane is pliable when wet.
  木架结构因受潮而弯曲藤条潮湿时易弯曲。
• Because I know the law is a pliable, breathing, sweating organ.
  因为我懂得，法律是就像一个柔软的，可以呼吸的，流汗的器官。
• Moreover, though anatomical sex is binary, mental gender is more pliable.
  此外，解剖学的性是两方面的，精神上的性可能更加圆滑。
• Everyone has his personality, we have no need to being pliable to please all people.
  每个人都有自己的个性，没必要把自己所有的棱角都磨平去取悦所有的人。
• These tubes are lightweight, soft and pliable.
  这些管子重量轻，柔软易弯曲。
• A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole.
  有柔韧的橡胶底的一种帆布鞋。
• The finely twined baskets are made with young, pliable spruce roots.
  这些编织精美的篮子是用柔韧的云杉嫩树根编成的。