docile

英['dəʊsaɪl] 美['dɑːsl]
  • adj. 容易控制的;温顺的
docilely docility
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Adjective:
  1. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;

    "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

  2. ready and willing to be taught;

    "docile pupils eager for instruction"
    "teachable youngsters"

  3. easily handled or managed;

    "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

1. Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. " You're all so docile. You don't put up the slightest resistance.
“ 你们总是忍受, 你们一点也不反抗.

来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)

3. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。

来自辞典例句

4. Why don't you become a nice, docile Christian?
我想你还不如规规矩矩地去做一个基督徒.

来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)

5. The soldiers were grateful and docile, made almost childlike by their wounds.
士兵们都很感激,很听话, 因为受伤,都变得象孩子似的.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. In every sense she is docile and obedient to him.
      她对他可谓百依百顺。
    2. He trembled lest he himself should lose a docile pupil.
      他担心自己会失去一个听话的学生。
    3. The house faces a docile body of water.
      这幢房子面朝一泓平静的湖水。
    4. Giant pandas have very docile temperaments.
      大熊猫的性情很温顺。
    5. Dan is easy to teach, but his brother is not so docile.
      丹很容易教,但是他弟弟就不这么温顺了。