flexible
英 ['fleks?b(?)l]
美['fl?ks?bl]
- adj. 靈活的；柔韌的；易彎曲的
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?flexibly;名詞:?flexibility;
中文詞源
flexible 能伸縮的
來自拉丁語flecto, 彎，轉，詞源同inflect, reflect. 進一步可能來自PIE*kleng, 彎，轉，詞源同link, incline.
英文詞源
- flexible (adj.)
- early 15c., "capable of being bent; mentally or spiritually pliant," from Middle French flexible or directly from Latin flexibilis "that may be bent, pliant, flexible, yielding;" figuratively "tractable, inconstant," from flex-, past participle stem of flectere "to bend," which is of uncertain origin. Flexile (1630s) and flexive (1620s) have become rare. Related: Flexibly. Coles' dictionary (1717) has flexiloquent "speaking words of doubtful or double meaning."
雙語例句
- 1. Times become more flexible off-season, especially in the smaller provincial museums.
- 尤其是在規(guī)模較小的地方博物館，開放時間在旅游淡季更加靈活。
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- 2. Because the work was voluntary it was flexible, time-wise.
- 這項工作是自愿的，所以時間上很靈活。
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- 3. He shopped around for a firm that would be flexible.
- 他到處尋覓一家可靈活變通的公司。
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- 4. Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.
- 自動化會使工作周縮短，也更為靈活。
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- 5. Working from home offers the ultimate in flexible life styles.
- 在家辦公為人們提供了極其靈活的生活方式。
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