pliant

pliant

pliant是英語中一個多義形容詞,主要用於描述人或物的特性。在形容人時,其核心含義為“易受影響的”“順從的”或“善於變通的”;在描述物質時,則指“易彎曲的”“柔韌的”。該詞具有較強的語境適應性,可通過不同例句展現其含義差異。其名詞形式為pliancy,副詞形式為pliantly,同義詞包括flexible、malleable等,反義詞則為rigid、unyielding。

基本介紹

  • 發音:英 ['plaɪənt],美 ['plaɪənt]  
  • 詞性:形容詞/名詞  
  • 同義詞:pliable、supple、compliant  
  • 反義詞:inflexible、unyielding  
  • 相關詞:pliancy(名詞)、pliantly(副詞)  
釋義與用法,同義詞與反義詞,例句解析,語言擴展,雙語例句,

釋義與用法

pliant作為形容詞,主要分為以下兩類含義:
  1. 形容人:
  2. 表示性格上的順從或適應性強,如例句:“She was pliant and gave in to all her parents' demands.”(她性格柔順,順從了父母的所有要求。)
  3. 隱含易受外部影響或控制,如例句:“He was replaced by a more pliant successor.”(他被一個更容易擺布的繼任者取代。)
  4. 形容物質:
  5. 指物理特性上的柔軟或可塑性,如例句:“The pliant branches of the young tree bent easily in the wind.”(小樹的柔韌枝條在風中輕易彎曲。)
  6. 強調材料可被塑造而不易折斷,如:“pliant molten glass”(柔韌的熔融玻璃)

同義詞與反義詞

  • 同義詞:flexible(靈活的)、malleable(可塑的)、ductile(延展性好的)
  • 反義詞:rigid(僵硬的)、stubborn(固執的)、inflexible(不靈活的)

例句解析

  • 語境適應性:“New research shows how pliant animals create such stiff limbs.”(新研究揭示了這種柔韌動物如何形成強健的肢體。)此句通過對比凸顯pliant描述生物體矛盾特性的能力。
  • 情感色彩:在“pliant intransigence”(柔順的固執)這一短語中,詞義體現其修辭靈活性。

語言擴展

  • 詞源:源自拉丁語 *plicare*(摺疊),與pliable同根。
  • 使用頻率:在正式文本與文學作品中較常見,日常口語中使用頻率較低

雙語例句

  • She lay pliant in his arms. 她順從地偎依在他的懷中。《牛津詞典》
  • He was deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor. 他被趕下台,由一個比較容易擺布的繼任者取代。《牛津詞典》
  • She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior. 她既傲氣又固執,你知道的,在那溫順的外表下。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
  • But will Congress really be so pliant? 不過國會真的會這般服服帖帖嗎?
  • They weave a basket out of osiers with pliant young willows. 他們用易彎的柳枝編制籃子。
  • It is a most effective training for the pliant minds of youth. 它能最有效地培訓青年們的服從思想。
  • New research shows how the pliant animals create such a stiff limb. 新研究顯示了這種軟梯動物時如何形成這樣有力的肢體。
  • Only flow .... The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant and soft. 只是流動……力量就在流動中,每一滴水都是順從的,柔軟的。
  • Republican voices are rising to the surface—unreported in Thailand’s pliant media. 儘管聽話的泰媒體未加報導,但要求實行共和制的聲音已浮出水面。
  • For example, a button control is pliant because it can be "pushed" by the mouse cursor. 比如,我們說某個按鍵控制項是受范的,那是因為它可以被滑鼠按下。
  • Measurement system is required to be more and more real-time, on-line, intelligent and pliant . 測量系統越來越強調實時性、線上性和系統的智慧型化、柔性化。
  • When it is dragged over pliant areas, an additional percussive tap could indicate this collision. 當它被拖到受范區域時,一個附加的敲擊聲提示這種碰觸。
  • Courts in many parts of the continent are packed with pliant judges keen to do their masters' bidding. 這個大陸許多地區的法院都滿是圓通的法官,他們熱衷於按其主子的意旨行事。
  • If you refuse to deal with a group because it's too extreme, you don't get to deal with a more pliant, moderate alternative. 如果你因為一個派別過於極端而將其擱置,那么,你不會有機會選擇一個較為順從較為溫和的替代品。
  • Dynamic visual hinting works like this: When the cursor passes over a pliant object, it changes its appearance (see Figure 19-3). 動態視覺暗示是這樣工作的,當游標經過受范對象時,該對象會改變其外觀(參見圖19 - 3)
  • It looks as fragile as glass, but this stuff can endure any amount of scratching and kicking, and is pliant enough for most sitters. 它看起來宛如玻璃般易碎,但是實際上這種材料能耐受任何程度的刮擦和撞擊,而且能承受大部分人的體重。
  • If the user then releases the mouse button, the onscreen button will not be activated (which is consistent with the lack of pliant response). 接著,如果使用者釋放了滑鼠按鍵,則按鈕就不會被觸發(這和缺少受范回響是一致的)。
  • Any object that can be picked up and dragged is pliant, and every cell in a spreadsheet and every character in a word processor document is pliant. 任何可以撿起來或者拖動的對象都是受范的,每個表格上的小格或者字處理軟體處理的文檔中的一個字都是受范的。
  • The rest of the window is not pliant for repositioning, so the click-and-drag idiom is available for functions within the window, as you would expect. 這樣正如你可能希望的,單擊拖動習慣用法就可以用於視窗內的其他功能
  • The pliant response is also an important part of the cancel mechanism. When the user clicks down on a button , that button responds by becoming indented. 受范回響對於取消機制也很重要,當使用者單擊按下螢幕上的按鈕時,按鈕變成略微向下縮進的樣子表示回響。
  • Tea bushes thirst for more than twice London's annual rainfall, and cloud cover combined with high humidity is perfect for keeping their vivid green leaves pliant. 茶樹對雨量的要求,是倫敦年降雨量的兩倍以上,而多雲的天氣加上高濕度,構成了茶樹盎然生長的完美環境。
  • And his favourite passages in history are the bits where believers (often courageous Sufi mystics) spoke truth to power, not the instances when pliant greybeards did favours to the sultan. 另外,他所喜愛的歷史事件是信徒們(往往是勇敢的蘇菲派(Sufi)神秘主義者)向權力說真話的點點滴滴,而不是順從的老人們偏向於蘇丹的那些事例。
  • No, indeed; the most singular flowers and plants grow there; the leaves and stems of which are so pliant, that the slightest agitation of the water causes them to stir as if they had life. 不是的,那兒生長著最奇異的樹木和植物。它們的枝幹和葉子是那么柔軟,只要水輕微地流動一下,它們就搖動起來,好像它們是活著的東西。
  • The slow, consensual, decision-making of government can be frustrating for some schooled in more pliant environments such as business; the need for obedient line-toeing can evidently grate. 有些人受訓於像企業那樣更加容易掌控的環境下。對他們來說決策過程不勝其煩

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