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 pliable ['plaiәbl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 易弯的, 柔顺的, 圆通的



    pliable
    [ adj ]
    1. susceptible to being led or directed

    2. <adj.all>
      fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
    3. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

    4. <adj.all>
      ductile copper
      malleable metals such as gold
      they soaked the leather to made it pliable
      pliant molten glass
      made of highly tensile steel alloy
    5. able to adjust readily to different conditions

    6. <adj.all>
      an adaptable person
      a flexible personality
      an elastic clause in a contract
    7. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

    8. <adj.all>
      a flexible wire
      a pliant young tree


    Pliable \Pli"a*ble\, a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See
    {Ply}, v.]
    1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent;
    flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is
    a pliable plant.

    2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence,
    arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be
    persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable
    youth. ``Pliable she promised to be.'' --Dr. H. More.
    -- {Pli"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pli"a*bly},
    adv.

    1. Patients undergo general anesthesia and are injected with a salt-water solution to make the fat pliable.
    2. With the departure of Mr. Bracher and the arrival of a more pliable central bank governor, they are likely to be reflected more transparently in economic policy.
    3. Mrs. Gandhi was installed as prime minister in 1966 by men who thought she would be pliable.
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