英语词典 · 单词释义
docile
英 ['dəʊsaɪl] 美
这里集中整理“docile”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 温顺的，驯服的；容易教的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
副词: docilely;名词: docility;
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 3. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
- 他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- 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.
来自辞典例句