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

BNC.22987 / COCA.20923

牛津词典

adj.

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。

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

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。
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。
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。
Everyone has his personality, we have no need to being pliable to please all people.
每个人都有自己的个性，没必要把自己所有的棱角都磨平去取悦所有的人。
These tubes are lightweight, soft and pliable.
这些管子重量轻，柔软易弯曲。
Cane is pliable when wet.
藤条潮湿时易弯曲。
The drain should be soft and pliable.
引流物应是软而易弯的。
He'd always thought of her as pliable.
他一向认为她耳软心活。
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。
Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
似皮革的或由似皮革的东西制成；坚韧的但是柔韧的。