pliant
adj. 顺从的；易弯的；易受影响的；能适应的
n. 顺从
adj.
易弯的，柔韧的，能适应的；
英英释义
pliant[ 'plaiənt ]
adj.
capable of being influenced or formed
"a pliant nature"
同义词：plastic
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
"pliant molten glass"
同义词：ductilemalleablepliabletensiletractile
able to adjust readily to different conditions
同义词：elasticflexiblepliable
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
"a pliant young tree"
同义词：bendablepliable
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
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。
New research shows how the pliant animals create such a stiff limb.
新研究显示了这种软梯动物时如何形成这样有力的肢体。
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pliant
pliant: see ply
pliant (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French ploiant "bending, supple; compliant, fickle," as a noun, "turncoat" (13c.), present participle of ploier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c. 1400. Related: Pliancy.
1. Only flow .... The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant and soft.
只是流动……力量就在流动中，每一滴水都是顺从的，柔软的。
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2. A new, more pliant prime minister took over.
新上任的首相也更加顺从。
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3. 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）。
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4. But rather than produce a more pliant Pakistan, an escalation of U.S. pressure could prompt Islamabad to strengthen its ties with a more forgiving ally, China.
但与其造成一个更顺服的巴基斯坦，也不希望美国压力升级促使伊斯兰堡加强其与更宽容的盟友，中国的关系。
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5. It looks as fragile as glass, but this stuff can endure any amount of scratching and kicking, and is pliant enough for most sitters.
它看起来宛如玻璃般易碎，但是实际上这种材料能耐受任何程度的刮擦和撞击，而且能承受大部分人的体重。
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6. Even under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which for much of its 53 years in power was a pliant American ally, the Futenma relocation was often a source of friction.
即便在过去自民党执政的53年间，日本基本上对美国言听计从，普天间基地的搬迁问题也常常引起两国间的摩擦。
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7. But he could change his mind, especially if the Republicans plump for one of their scarier ideologues—Mr Gingrich?—instead of the pliant Mr Romney, thus creating an opening in the centre.
不过他有可能改变主意，尤其是当共和党选定该党内恐怖无比的意识形态主义者——金里奇——以取代较温和的罗姆尼时，从而为中间派制造一个开放性的空间。
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8. He was always shopping for tax havens and pliant governments, such as the Duchy of Liechtenstein—“droll little countries with droll little laws, ” he called them.
他在避税天堂和容易受人摆布的政府间大行其道，诸如列支敦士登公国，这些国家被他称为“拥有滑稽可笑法律的古怪国家”。
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9. Even if the courts prove unexpectedly pliant, trustbusters may still fall foul of one of the problems that dogged the prosecution of Microsoft: the difficulty of finding a workable remedy.
即使法院表现出出乎意料的退让，反垄断官员们任有可能会在针对微软公司的起诉的一个问题上与之有所分歧：这个问题就是难以找到一个可行的补救办法。
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10. To keep the masses docile and pliant, books are banned, surveillance is everywhere and all information is closely guarded by the state.
为了让民众听话服从，政府禁书、到处监视、严密控制一切消息。
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11. To keep the masses docile and pliant, books are banned, surveillance is everywhere and all information is closely guarded by the state.
为了让民众听话服从，政府禁书、到处监视、严密控制一切消息。
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12. Generally speaking, controls should offer static or dynamic visual hinting, whereas pliant (manipulable) data more frequently should offer cursor hinting.
一般来说，控件应该提供静态或者动态视觉暗示，而受范（可被操作）的数据应该较多的采用光标暗示。
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13. 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）。
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14. The pliant response is also an important part of the cancel mechanism. When the user clicks down on a button, that button responds by becoming indented.
受范响应对于取消机制也很重要，当使用者单击按下屏幕上的按钮时，按钮变成略微向下缩进的样子表示响应。
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15. For example, a button control is pliant because it can be “pushed” by the mouse cursor.
比如，我们说某个按键控件是受范的，那是因为它可以被鼠标按下。
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16. 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。
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17. The rest of the window is not pliant for repositioning, so the click-and-drag idiom is available for functions within the window, as you would expect.
这样正如你可能希望的，单击拖动习惯用法就可以用于窗口内的其他功能。
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18. 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）。
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19. When it is dragged over pliant areas, an additional percussive tap could indicate this collision.
当它被拖到受范区域时，一个附加的敲击声提示这种碰触。
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20. Any object that can be picked up and dragged is pliant, and every cell in a spreadsheet and every character in a word processor document is pliant.
任何可以捡起来或者拖动的对象都是受范的，每个表格上的小格或者字处理软件处理的文档中的一个字都是受范的。
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21. We use the term pliant to refer to objects or screen areas that may be manipulated by a user.
我们在这里使用“受范”一词来表达物体和屏幕区域是可以被使用者操作的。
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