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单词 pliable
释义  pli·a·ble /ˈplaɪəbəl/ adjective  1  BENDable to bend without breaking or cracking 柔韧的,易弯的;柔软的 a shoe made of soft pliable leather 柔韧的皮革做成的鞋子2  POWER#easily influenced and controlled by other people 易受影响的;顺从的 Senior officials would have preferred a more pliable government. 高官们都喜欢较软弱的政府。 —pliability /ˌplaɪəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuspliable• High quality leather is firm yet pliable.• The clay should be moistened regularly to keep it soft and pliable.• It's what makes your hair bouncy and pliable.• The physiotherapist usually starts by mobilizing the shoulder girdle, moving it passively in all directions, to make it perfectly pliable.• Instead, I was a pliable, compliant inhabitant of a world of vague feelings and limited comprehension.• Important legal concepts are pliable moulds, into which different creations can be poured.• It might be merely that they were too used to inflexible fact and far too unused to pliable people.• The system helps make workers more pliable to the demands made by management.Origin pliable (1400-1500) Old French plier; → PLIERSpli·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable  able without bend cracking Corpus or to breaking
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