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

• These tubes are lightweight, soft and pliable.
  这些管子重量轻，柔软易弯曲。
• 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。
• 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。
• The four states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri make up the brass buckle on that tough but pliable leather belt.
  堪萨斯，俄克拉荷马，阿肯色和密苏里四个州组成了这条坚韧而柔软的皮带上的四颗铜扣。
• The sisal yarn being even with strong and pliable texture can be made into various kinds of sisal products.
  雷州市堪民剑麻制品厂生产各规格剑麻绳、剑麻纱条、剑麻纤维。
• 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。
• Some kinds of plastic become pliable if they're heated.
  有些塑料遇热变得柔韧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cane is pliable when wet.
  藤条潮湿时易弯曲。