malleable
malleable 英 [ˈmæliəbl] 美 [ˈmæliəbəl]
adj. 可锻的；可塑的；有延展性的；易适应的
- A malleable personality is capable of being changed or trained, and a malleable metal is able to be pounded or pressed into various shapes. It's easier to learn when you're young and malleable.
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- adj. 可锻的；可塑的；有延展性的；易适应的
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1. The brain is malleable.
大脑是可塑的。
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2. On the other hand the behaviorists told us that children are malleable, kids are blank slates with nothing written on them until they are molded by their parents.
而另一方面，行为主义告诉我们孩子是有延展性的，是一个上面没有写任何东西的空白石板，一直到他们被父母所约束。
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3. To such figures, truth is always malleable, always subservient to political goals.
对这类人物来说，真相是可塑的，总是服从于政治目标。
- malleable (adj.) late 14c., "capable of being shaped by hammering," from Middle French malleable and directly from Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare "to beat with a hammer," from Latin malleus "hammer" (from PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind"). Figurative sense, of persons, "capable of being adapted" first recorded 1610s.
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