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

• I want you loose and pliable this afternoon.
  今天我要你喝个痛快。
• Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston.
  你的朋友不会像詹妮弗·安妮斯顿那样生性活泼、通情达理。
• He'd always thought of her as pliable.
  他一向认为她耳软心活。
• 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。
• A thin pliable sheet of material.
  一种很细、很柔软的薄片。
• Love is vulnerable, pliable, and receptive;
  爱是脆弱，柔顺和包容的；
• 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。
• Later, the beak, claws and keel become very soft and pliable.
  此后，喙、爪和胸骨变得很软和易弯曲。
• 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。
• 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。