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

• 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。
• We have seen that as their numbers dwindle, the dark becomes more pliable to our various demands.
  我们已经看到了，黑暗势力的逐渐萎缩。
• Love is vulnerable, pliable, and receptive;
  爱是脆弱，柔顺和包容的；
• 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。
• 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。
• A substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable.
  加入塑料或其他材料中使之更加柔韧的物质。
• Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
  似皮革的或由似皮革的东西制成；坚韧的但是柔韧的。
• During this period, makes me further improve and enhance their ability of communication and adapt to the environment, also make yourself at work and in life more pliable and cautious.
  在此期间，使得我进一步的提高和加强了自身的沟通和适应环境的能力，也使得自己在工作和生活中更加圆滑和谨慎。