pliant 英 [ˈplaɪənt] 　 美 [ˈplaɪənt]

pliant

pliant　 英 [ˈplaɪənt] 美 [ˈplaɪənt]

adj. 顺从的；易弯的；易受影响的；能适应的　 n. 顺从　

Only flow .... The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant and soft.　只是流动……力量就在流动中，每一滴水都是顺从的，柔软的。
A new, more pliant prime minister took over.　新上任的首相也更加顺从。

  • The adjective pliant describes something that is capable of being bent. "The teenager showed off her pliant spine every time she draped herself over a piece of furniture. Why hanging upside down off the sofa didn't give her a headache, her mother would never know."
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  • adj. 顺从的；易弯的；易受影响的；能适应的
  • n. 顺从

  • 1. Only flow .... The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant and soft.

    只是流动……力量就在流动中，每一滴水都是顺从的，柔软的。

  • 2. A new, more pliant prime minister took over.

    新上任的首相也更加顺从。

  • pliant (adj.) late 14c., from Old French ploiant "bending, supple; compliant, fickle," as a noun, "turncoat" (13c.), present participle of ploier "to bend," from Latin plicare "to fold, lay" (from PIE root *plek- "to plait"). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c. 1400. Related: Pliancy.
pli·ant / ˈplaɪənt ; NAmE ˈplaɪənt / adjective 1 (of a person or their body 人或人体 ) soft and giving way to sb, especially in a sexual way 绵软顺从的；柔顺的 ◆ her pliant body 她那柔软的肢体 ◆ She lay pliant in his arms. 她顺从地偎依在他的怀中。 2 ( sometimes disapproving) willing to accept change; easy to influence or control 温顺的；容易摆布的 ◆ 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。 ▶ pli·ancy / ˈplaɪənsi ; NAmE ˈplaɪənsi / noun [uncountable ] pli·ant·ly / ˈplaɪəntli ; NAmE ˈplaɪəntli / adverb pli·ant / ˈplaɪənt ; NAmE ˈplaɪənt / pli·ancy / ˈplaɪənsi ; NAmE ˈplaɪənsi / pli·ant·ly / ˈplaɪəntli ; NAmE ˈplaɪəntli /
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