docile

英 [ˈdəʊsaɪl]

美 [ˈdɑːsl]

adj.  驯服的; 易驾驭的; 易控制的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 驯服的；易驾驭的；易控制的
  quiet and easy to control
  1. a docile child/horse
     听话的孩子；温驯的马

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 温顺的;驯良的;易控制的
  A person or animal that isdocileis quiet, not aggressive, and easily controlled.
  1. ...docile, obedient children...
     温顺、听话的孩子
  2. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
     他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。

英英释义

adj

• willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
  1. the docile masses of an enslaved nation
• easily handled or managed
  1. a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
  Synonym:gentle
• ready and willing to be taught
  1. docile pupils eager for instruction
  2. teachable youngsters
  Synonym:teachable

双语例句

• Then she took lessons and became a docile, intelligent, assiduous pupil.
  后来她勤学，成为了一个驯服、聪明、用功的学生。
• Guineapigs make very docile pets.
  豚鼠是非常温顺的宠物。
• It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.
  只有最听话的人才能完成世界上最不可能的事情。
• Panda is such a beautiful, cute, docile animal that most of us would fall in love with it at first sight.
  熊猫是这样一个美丽，可爱，温驯的动物，我们大多数人将下降与它一见钟情。
• When I kept in mind a heart of docile to choose him of time.
  当我怀着一颗善良的心选择了他的时候。
• Wage growth and inflation expectations are docile; nominal demand is barely growing.
  工资增长和通货膨胀的预期很温顺，名义需求几乎保持原状。
• 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。
• And you just like a docile yeanling.
  而你就像一只温顺的小绵羊。
• Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
  马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。
• She is very docile and intelligent, feeding the seven kittens, the cat is a great mother.
  她非常温顺，并且聪明，喂养了七只小猫，是个伟大的猫妈。