pliability 的定义
- the quality of being easily bent without breaking; flexibility: Sweet grass was favored by Native American basket makers for its sweet smell, pliability, and durability.
- the quality of adjusting readily to change; adaptability: Education should take advantage of the pliability of a child's mind and encourage a sense of curiosity.
- the quality of being easily influenced or persuaded:Recent political appointments have been based not on merit, competency, or ability, but on the candidate’s pliability, uncritical loyalty, and toadying behavior.
pliability 近义词
flexibility
更多pliability例句
- Granted, the lenses—polarized glass from Germany—will collect scratches, but the frames themselves are pretty pliable.
- For those looking to take this trend for a spin themselves, Jinich recommends “that people heat the tortilla first on both sides, just to make it more resilient and pliable” before assembling and toasting.
- Sakai says to pull the hoshigaki down when they’re firm but still a little pliable and conduct a taste test.
- Infrastructure must be pliable enough to extend to dispersed locations on short notice.
- She is uncompromisingly Anglo-Saxon and lacks that pliability which would endear her to the children of another race.
- Rachel looked at her father quickly, but with a pliability surprising in the male mind he managed to look unconscious.
- Don't you think that my artistic deference and pliability deserve that it should also be better in consequence?
- His policy wanted pliability, the only virtue which was here indispensable to its success.
- The gate proper was made of wire, webbed together with stays, admitting of a pliability which served a double purpose.