查词历史：

pliable

pliable
[英] [ˈplaɪəbəl] [美] [ˈplaɪəbəl] 生词本

adj.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 词典例句

1. ADJ-GRADED 易弯的；柔韧的 If something is pliable, you can bend it easily without cracking or breaking it. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

2. ADJ-GRADED 易受影响的；柔顺的；顺从的 Someone who is pliable can be easily influenced and controlled by other people. 

  • 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。

Adjective

1. susceptible to being led or directed;

  • "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"

2. able to adjust readily to different conditions;

  • "an adaptable person"
  • "a flexible personality"
  • "an elastic clause in a contract"

3. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;

  • "a flexible wire"
  • "a pliant young tree"

4. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;

  • "ductile copper"
  • "malleable metals such as gold"
  • "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
  • "pliant molten glass"
  • "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
1. Willow twigs are pliable.
柳条很软。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》