pliant

英 [ˈplaɪənt]

美 [ˈplaɪənt]

adj.  绵软顺从的; 柔顺的; 温顺的; 容易摆布的

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BNC.33899 / COCA.25405

牛津词典

adj.

• 绵软顺从的；柔顺的
  soft and giving way to sb, especially in a sexual way
  1. her pliant body
     她那柔软的肢体
  2. She lay pliant in his arms.
     她顺从地偎依在他的怀中。
• 温顺的；容易摆布的
  willing to accept change; easy to influence or control
  1. He was deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor.
     他被赶下台，由一个比较容易摆布的继任者取代。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 易受影响的；柔顺的；顺从的
  Apliantperson can be easily influenced and controlled by other people.
  1. She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior.
     你要知道，在温顺的外表下，她既自傲又固执。
• ADJ-GRADED 易弯的；柔韧的
  If something ispliant, you can bend it easily without breaking it.
  1. ...pliant young willows.
     易弯的嫩柳枝

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:bendablepliablewaxy
• able to adjust readily to different conditions
  1. an adaptable person
  2. a flexible personality
  3. an elastic clause in a contract
  Synonym:elasticflexiblepliable
• 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:ductilemalleablepliabletensiletractile
• capable of being influenced or formed
  1. the plastic minds of children
  2. a pliant nature
  Synonym:plastic

双语例句

• If the user then releases the mouse button, the onscreen button will not be activated ( which is consistent with the lack of pliant response).
  接着，如果使用者释放了鼠标按键，则按钮就不会被触发（这和缺少受范响应是一致的）。
• So we see, in languages the tongue is more pliant to all expressions and sounds, the joints are more supple to all fears of activity and motions, in youth than afterwards.
  所以我们常见，在言语上，幼年时代比幼年以后舌头较为柔活，能学一切的语法及声音，并且四肢关节也比较柔活，适于各种的竞技和运动。
• As pliant as silicon has been over the last half-century, carbon nanotubes have some significant advantages.
  尽管硅在过去半个世纪里用途广泛，但碳纳米管拥有某些明显优势。
• Our factory's spring chairs are Both pliant and strong, and comfortaBle to sit in.
  本厂弹簧椅，韧硬兼顾，坐感舒服。
• Dr Li and Dr Hu wondered if the problem of electrode damage might be ameliorated by using a more pliant material for the frames on which the electrodes are suspended.
  李博士和胡博士想弄清楚，如果使用一种构成电池框架的，更柔韧的材料&以达到延缓电极的目的，这样是否可以改善有关电极损坏方面的问题。
• Producers have access to cheap capital and labour and pliant local governments desperate to attract business to their regions.
  该行业生产商能够获得廉价的资金和劳动力，而顺从的地方政府，迫切希望吸引企业到本地发展。
• Cried he, striking a light hammer with a pliant handle on a small gong.
  他一面喊，一面用一把软把的木槌，敲了一下铜锣。
• New research shows how the pliant animals create such a stiff limb.
  现在，研究显示了这种软梯动物时如何形成这样有力的肢体。
• Don't underestimate the power that advertising has to influence a pliant public.
  不要低估了广告对易受影响公众的作用。
• Expectations are high-in line with rewards-and underperformance is not indulged. The chief executive used to quasi-imperial powers and supported by a pliant bureaucracy would be in for a rude awakening.
  期望很高这与回报相符不会允许业绩不佳的情况出现。那些习惯于掌握类似皇权并受到顺从属下支持的首席执行官将会如梦初醒。