pliant

adj.

1. 绵软顺从的；柔顺的
   soft and giving way to sb, especially in a sexual way
   1. her pliant body
      她那柔软的肢体
   2. She lay pliant in his arms.
      她顺从地偎依在他的怀中。
2. 温顺的；容易摆布的
   willing to accept change; easy to influence or control
   1. He was deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor.
      他被赶下台，由一个比较容易摆布的继任者取代。

1. ADJ-GRADED 易受影响的；柔顺的；顺从的
   A pliant person can be easily influenced and controlled by other people.
   1. She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior.
      你要知道，在温顺的外表下，她既自傲又固执。
2. ADJ-GRADED 易弯的；柔韧的
   If something is pliant, you can bend it easily without breaking it.
   1. ...pliant young willows.
      易弯的嫩柳枝

1. She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior.
   你要知道，在温顺的外表下，她既自傲又固执。
2. Dr Li and Dr Hu wondered if the problem of electrode damage might be ameliorated by using a more pliant material for the frames on which the electrodes are suspended.
   李博士和胡博士想弄清楚，如果使用一种构成电池框架的，更柔韧的材料&以达到延缓电极的目的，这样是否可以改善有关电极损坏方面的问题。
3. No, indeed; the most singular flowers and plants grow there; the leaves and stems of which are so pliant, that the slightest agitation of the water causes them to stir as if they had life.
   不是的，那儿生长着最奇异的树木和植物。它们的枝干和叶子是那么柔软，只要水轻微地流动一下，它们就摇动起来，好像它们是活着的东西。
4. So we see, in languages the tongue is more pliant to all expressions and sounds, the joints are more supple to all fears of activity and motions, in youth than afterwards.
   所以我们常见，在言语上，幼年时代比幼年以后舌头较为柔活，能学一切的语法及声音，并且四肢关节也比较柔活，适于各种的竞技和运动。
5. Both buck and doe have a little gait And both their eyelids palpitate. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows.
   北美东部的一种落叶灌木，浆果蓝黑色，其木柔韧、以前用来做箭。
6. Batiatus asks that she be made more pliant.
   巴提亚图说她应该学会更顺从。
7. Dynamic visual hinting works like this: When the cursor passes over a pliant object, it changes its appearance ( see Figure 19-3).
   动态视觉暗示是这样工作的，当光标经过受范对象时，该对象会改变其外观（参见图19-3）。
8. Don't underestimate the power that advertising has to influence a pliant public.
   不要低估了广告对易受影响公众的作用。
9. To win the hedge funds 'business, while also gaining the due diligence rubber stamp needed to mark the resultant CDOs fit for sale, investment banks recruited pliant CDO managers who signed off the hedge funds' choices.
   为了赢得对冲基金业务，同时获得尽职调查的橡皮图章、让设计好的CDO能够销售出去，投行聘请顺从的CDO经理，这些经理会轻易批准对冲基金的选择。
10. Cried he, striking a light hammer with a pliant handle on a small gong.
    他一面喊，一面用一把软把的木槌，敲了一下铜锣。
11. Producers have access to cheap capital and labour and pliant local governments desperate to attract business to their regions.
    该行业生产商能够获得廉价的资金和劳动力，而顺从的地方政府，迫切希望吸引企业到本地发展。
12. Moreover, should an underdog try to use the new law to enforce his rights, the corrupt and pliant judiciary would usually ensure he was wasting his time.
    而且，如果弱者试图用新法律来捍卫他自己的权利，腐败、无原则可言的司法部门通常也会保证他不会“得逞”。
13. He kneads you until you are pliant;
    它揉捏你们，直至你们柔顺。
14. If you refuse to deal with a group because it's too extreme, you don't get to deal with a more pliant, moderate alternative.
    如果你因为一个派别过于极端而将其搁置，那么，你不会有机会选择一个较为顺从较为温和的替代品。
15. Shrewd Chinese negotiators, on the other hand, have found in their pliant quarry an expeditious way to advance their careers, the Party, and the New China's rapid push to modernization.
    精明的中国谈判者，另一方面，给他们易受影响的猎物找到了一条快速的生财之道，中丅共、新中国向现代化的快速前进。
16. It has tainted the media too, with influential editors commonly lobbying pliant politicians to favour particular companies.
    有影响力的编辑经常会游说温顺的政客，让他们给予某些公司特殊照顾。
17. Fashion models often have tall, pliant bodies.
    时装模特通常有颀长、曼妙的身材。
18. Tea bushes thirst for more than twice London's annual rainfall, and cloud cover combined with high humidity is perfect for keeping their vivid green leaves pliant.
    茶树对雨量的要求，是伦敦年降雨量的两倍以上，而多云的天气加上高湿度，构成了茶树盎然生长的完美环境。
19. Our factory's spring chairs are Both pliant and strong, and comfortaBle to sit in.
    本厂弹簧椅，韧硬兼顾，坐感舒服。
20. She lay pliant in his arms.
    她顺从地偎依在他的怀中。
21. Expectations are high-in line with rewards-and underperformance is not indulged. The chief executive used to quasi-imperial powers and supported by a pliant bureaucracy would be in for a rude awakening.
    期望很高这与回报相符不会允许业绩不佳的情况出现。那些习惯于掌握类似皇权并受到顺从属下支持的首席执行官将会如梦初醒。
22. I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too pliant.
    我认为孩子们太顺从了不是件好事。
23. Geniality brushing dirty mark in the hair with burn the chemistry that remain the thing after dying, reconstruction head the internal fiber in hair organizes, it make show sent back to reply the natural and pliant and tough pleasant impression.
    温和清洁头发内的污垢和烫染后的化学残留物，重建头发内部纤维组织，令秀发回复天然柔韧美感。
24. These toys are made of pliant rubber, so they won't break.
    这些玩具由柔韧橡胶制成，所以小会被弄坏。
25. As pliant as silicon has been over the last half-century, carbon nanotubes have some significant advantages.
    尽管硅在过去半个世纪里用途广泛，但碳纳米管拥有某些明显优势。
26. If the user then releases the mouse button, the onscreen button will not be activated ( which is consistent with the lack of pliant response).
    接着，如果使用者释放了鼠标按键，则按钮就不会被触发（这和缺少受范响应是一致的）。
27. Users expect to see the button move-the pliant response-and you must satisfy those expectations.
    用户希望看到按钮改变受范性反应你必须满足其期望。
28. New research shows how the pliant animals create such a stiff limb.
    现在，研究显示了这种软梯动物时如何形成这样有力的肢体。

adj

1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
   1. a flexible wire
   2. a pliant young tree

   Synonym:    bendablepliablewaxy

2. able to adjust readily to different conditions
   1. an adaptable person
   2. a flexible personality
   3. an elastic clause in a contract

   Synonym:    elasticflexiblepliable

3. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
   1. ductile copper
   2. malleable metals such as gold
   3. they soaked the leather to made it pliable
   4. pliant molten glass
   5. made of highly tensile steel alloy

   Synonym:    ductilemalleablepliabletensiletractile

4. capable of being influenced or formed
   1. the plastic minds of children
   2. a pliant nature

   Synonym:    plastic