docile

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a. 容易教的, 温顺的

发音

UK /ˈdəʊ.saɪl/
US /ˈdɑ.səl/
US /ˈdɑ.saɪl/
AU

词形变化

dociler docilest more docile 比较级 most docile 最高级

释义与例句

adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.

  2. 2.

    Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

    温顺嘅

    Such literature may well be anathema to those, who are too docile and petty for their own good.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

gentle teachable

反义词 1

stubborn

近义相关 8

tame meek tamed yielding sheepish manipulable sheeplike tractable

参见 3

obedient manipulable tractable

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin docilisder. Middle French docilebor. Middle English docyle English docile From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Spanish dócil ("docile").

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