| 单词 | obedient |
| 释义 | obe·di·ent I. 1. a. < an obedient child > < the most modest … of little men, and as obedient to his wife — W.M.Thackeray > b. < that Germany would become an obedient sovietized state under the tight grip of the Soviet Union — Collier's Year Book > 2. a. < drifting obedient to winds and tides > < obedient instruments of his will — Max Lerner & Edwin Mims > b. < obedient to his nature he pried into everything > Synonyms: < as second in command, Abercromby proved himself an obedient and trustworthy officer — Stanley Pargellis > < he seemed to have lost all power of will; he was like an obedient child — W.S.Maugham > docile may stress a disposition to submit, either to due guidance and control or to imposition and oppression < that is a question which you must excuse my child from answering. Not, sir, from want of will, for she is docile and obedient — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < a state which dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands — Howard M. Jones > tractable suggests characteristics that make for easy guiding, leading, ordering, or managing < they are the tamest, the most abject creatures that we can possibly imagine: mild, peaceable, and tractable, they seem to have no will or power to act but as directed by their masters — William Bartram > < a wave of rebelliousness ran through the countryside. Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage — George Orwell > amenable indicates a disposition to be agreeable or complaisant and a lack of assertive independent or stubborn truculence < strikingly individual, never amenable to group coercion, expressing their convictions freely and ready to uphold their views by the code of the duel — V.L.Parrington > < she therefore tackled her brother, anticipating a curt refusal, but determined nevertheless to stick to her point. Hermann, however, proved quite amenable, and admitted his liability without discussion — J.D.Beresford > biddable, often applied to children, indicates a ready, constant inclination to follow orders, requests, and suggestions < well-behaved children, biddable, meek, neat about their clothes, and always mindful of the proprieties — Willa Cather > < so used to being biddable that words and wishes said and shown by older folks were still like orders to her — A.B.Guthrie > II. |
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