| 单词 | flexible |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['fleksəbl] |
| 解释 | a.易弯曲的，灵活的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.易弯曲的(easily bent; pliant)灵活的(adjustable to change) 【考】 反义词：obdurate(执 拗的); mulish(固执的) 【记】 flex=flect(词根：弯 曲) 【同】 同根词：reflect(反 射); inflect(变调) 【例】 a flexible personality |
| 字源 | flexible (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French flexible or directly from Latin flexibilis "that may be bent, pliant, flexible, yielding;" figuratively "tractable, inconstant," from flexus, past participle of flectere "to bend," of uncertain origin. Related: Flexibly. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 易弯曲的 = pliant = pliable; 温顺的(易受影响或易于劝说的) = tractable 【记】flex = flect弯 【参】reflect(v 思考; 反射); inflect(v 弯曲; 变调) 【反】obdurate(adj 冷酷无情的; 顽固的); mulish(adj 固执的) 【参】inflexible(adj 不易弯的, 僵硬的; 不可变的; (在目标、原则或个性上)坚定不可动摇的 = immovable) 【类】static: move = pliable: inflexible 静态的不移动 = 柔软的不僵硬inflexible: alternate 顽固的不改变 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】flex=flect 弯曲；flesh 肌肉，是灵活易用弯曲的 |
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