| 单词 | compliant |
| 释义 | compliant (once / 9688 pages) adj If you are willing to submit to someone's request, then you are compliant. Parents like it when their teenagers are compliant and follow the rules. Teenagers, on the other hand, are probably not as compliant as parents would like to think! The adjective compliant can also describe something that is agreeable. "The lawyers made sure that the man's will was fully compliant with state law, so that his children could not contest his desire to leave his entire estate to his dog, Fluffy." Or: "That software is not compliant with your operating system; you'll have to buy a different version." WORD FAMILYcompliant: compliantly, noncompliant+/compliance: compliances/comply: compliance, compliancy, compliant, complied, complies, complying/noncompliant: noncompliance, noncompliants USAGE EXAMPLES“Porridge,” Mr. Meyer asserted crisply, “is even more compliant with the idea. Comfort food. Comfort food and hygge must be coinciding.” New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) The man was compliant and did not struggle with officers, but officers noted the man appeared “unhealthy” and “sluggish,” Booth said. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) "All of our vehicles are compliant with applicable federal and state laws," a spokeswoman said. Reuters(Dec 14, 2016) adj disposed or willing to comply children compliant with the parental will Syn|Ant amenable, conformable disposed or willing to comply lamblikelike a lamb in meekness and gentleness nonresistantoffering no resistance manageablecapable of being managed or controlled obedientdutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) willingdisposed or inclined toward defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force insubordinate, resistant, resistivedisposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority obstreperousnoisily and stubbornly defiant recalcitrantmarked by stubborn resistance to authority difficult, unmanageablehard to control disobedientnot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority insubordinatenot submissive to authority intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold unwillingnot disposed or inclined toward |
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