amenable
amenable
[əˈmiːnəb(ə)l]
adjective
amenability
noun
amenably
adverb
语源
[əˈmiːnəb(ə)l]
adjective
- open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled
积极响应的；易听从规劝的；顺从的
parents who have had easy babies and amenable children.
有容易带的婴儿和乖孩子的父母们。
■[predic.](amenable to)(of a thing) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible
（事物）可接受作用的；易受影响的
the patients had cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment.
病人有不容易治疗的心脏衰竭。
amenability
noun
amenably
adverb
语源
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'liable to answer (to a law or tribunal)'): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener 'bring to' from a- (from Latin ad) 'to' + mener 'bring' (from late Latin minare 'drive (animals)', from Latin minari 'threaten')
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