pliable
pliable 英 [ˈplaɪəbl] 美 [ˈplaɪəbəl]
adj. 柔韧的；柔软的；圆滑的；易曲折的
- Pliable means bendable but not breakable. Wax is pliable, good leather is pliable. If you describe a person as pliable, it usually means that he's easily influenced, like a nightclub owner who takes orders from a crime boss.
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- adj. 柔韧的；柔软的；圆滑的；易曲折的
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1. However, he never loses the line registration; and the book remains quite pliable.
不过，他从未丢失掉每行的注册信息；电话簿依旧十分柔软。
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2. 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。
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3. While your baby’s bones have mostly hardened by now, his skull will remain pliable until after birth to allow him to fit through the birth canal.
现在婴儿的骨骼几乎全部都硬化了，他的颅骨直到出生之后将仍保持柔韧，这让他适合通过产道。
- pliable (adj.) late 14c., from Old French ploiable "flexible, bendable," from plier "to bend," from Latin plicare "to fold, lay" (from PIE root *plek- "to plait"). Related: Pliably, pliability.
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