| 单词 | amenable |
| 释义 | amenable (once / 3480 pages) adj If your friends want to try sky diving and you're amenable to the idea, sounds like you're going to be jumping out of a plane. If a person or thing is amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive. Note that amenable is often followed by the preposition to, which makes amenable mean "able to be controlled or affected by something," as in "They are usually amenable to our wishes;" or "Her heart condition is not amenable to treatment." An amenable personality is open to influence or control and is willing to agree or yield. WORD FAMILYamenable: amenability, amenableness USAGE EXAMPLESIn fact, most causes of cardiac arrest are not amenable to defibrillation. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) Republican legislators were surprised, and a little amused, but not amenable. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) He continued: “The graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic. He’s amenable to listening to people who didn’t vote for him.” The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) 1adj disposed or willing to comply someone amenable to persuasion Syn conformable compliant disposed or willing to comply 2adj liable to answer to a higher authority the president is amenable to the constitutional court Syn responsible worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable 3adj readily reacting to suggestions and influences Syn tractable susceptible (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of 4adj open to being acted upon in a certain way an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment Syn susceptible (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of |
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