docile

英 [ˈdəʊ.saɪl]      美 [ˈdɑː.səl]
  • adj. 温顺的,驯服的;容易教的
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docile 驯服的

来自词根doc, 教,教导,词源同doctor.引申词义可教导的,可驯服的。

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.
1. Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的.
2. " You're all so docile. You don't put up the slightest resistance.
“ 你们总是忍受, 你们一点也不反抗.
3. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
4. Why don't you become a nice, docile Christian?
我想你还不如规规矩矩地去做一个基督徒.
5. The soldiers were grateful and docile, made almost childlike by their wounds.
士兵们都很感激,很听话, 因为受伤,都变得象孩子似的.

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