解释
- adj. 有责任的,应服从的;有义务的;经得起检验的
※ 提供单词"amenable"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
amenable 顺从的
前缀a- 同ad-. 词根men, 伸出,引导,威胁,见 menace,威胁。此处用引导义,可引导的,顺从的。
英文词源
- amenable (adj.)
- 1590s, "liable," from Anglo-French amenable, Middle French amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" (see ad-) + mener "to lead," from Latin minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," variant of minari "threaten" (see menace (n.)). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence. Related: Amenably.
例句和用法
- 1. The Jordanian leader seemed amenable to attending a conference.
- 约旦领导人似乎愿意参加会议。
- 2. They had three very amenable children.
- 他们有三个很听话的孩子。
- 3. His scientific discoveries are amenable to the laws of physics.
- 他在科学上的发现经得起物理定律的检验.
- 4. She'll be amenable to any sensible suggestions.
- 任何合理的建议她都会接受的.
- 5. He is not amenable to reason.
- 他不讲理.
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