docile
英 ['d??sa?l]
美
- adj. 溫順的，馴服的；容易教的
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?docilely;名詞:?docility;
中文詞源
docile 馴服的
來(lái)自詞根doc, 教，教導(dǎo)，詞源同doctor.引申詞義可教導(dǎo)的，可馴服的。
英文詞源
- docile (adj.)
- late 15c., "easily taught," from Italian or French docile, from Latin docilis "easily taught," from docere "teach" (see doctor). Sense of "obedient, submissive" first recorded 1774.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
- 馬戲團(tuán)的猴子訓(xùn)練得服服貼貼的.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. " You're all so docile. You don't put up the slightest resistance.
- “ 你們總是忍受, 你們一點(diǎn)也不反抗.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 3. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
- 他們想要廉價(jià)的、聽(tīng)話(huà)的勞動(dòng)力。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Why don't you become a nice, docile Christian?
- 我想你還不如規(guī)規(guī)矩矩地去做一個(gè)基督徒.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 5. The soldiers were grateful and docile, made almost childlike by their wounds.
- 士兵們都很感激,很聽(tīng)話(huà), 因?yàn)槭軅?都變得象孩子似的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
