| 单词 | flexible |
| 释义 | flexible (once / 505 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that is flexible is easily bent without breaking. The flexible drinking straw was invented in the 1930s by a man who saw his daughter struggling to drink a milkshake with a straight paper straw. The word flexible can refer to bendable physical objects or to intangibles like a person's mind, which can be changed. It can even refer to work environments that can adapt schedules and benefits to fit a worker's individual needs. Being physically flexible usually means good health, with no pain in movement. In all, it's great to be flexible, to be able to bend without breaking and bounce back, ready to keep going. WORD FAMILYflexible: flexibility, flexibleness, flexibly, inflexible+/flex: flexed, flexes, flexible, flexing, flexure/flexibility: flexibilities/flexure: flexures/inflexibility: inflexibilities/inflexible: inflexibility, inflexibleness, inflexiblest, inflexibly USAGE EXAMPLESOther companies are promoting such devices — flexible, lighted tubes used to peer deep inside the body — for use in the lungs and kidneys. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) She’s simply not as flexible as she was in 1991, when she released “Emotions”; then again, her online trolls probably aren’t either. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) At a basic level, it keeps me fit, strong and flexible. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj able to flex; able to bend easily slim flexible birches Syn|Ant flexile elastic capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy bendable, pliable, pliant, waxycapable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking double-jointedhaving unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers limber, supple(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely limber(used of artifacts) easily bent spinnable, spinnbarcapable of being spun into fibres stretched(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching inflexible resistant to being bent inelasticnot elastic muscle-boundhaving stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise rigid, stiffincapable of or resistant to bending semirigidnot fully rigid 2adj bending and snapping back readily without breaking 2Syn whippy elastic capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy 1adj able to adjust readily to different conditions a flexible personality Syn elastic, pliable, pliant adaptable capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use 2adj capable of being changed flexible schedules Syn|Ant limber, supple (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable negotiable, on the tableable to be negotiated or arranged by compromise inflexible incapable of change adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigentimpervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason die-hard, rock-ribbedtradition-bound and obstinately opinionated fossilised, fossilized, ossifiedset in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs hard-corestubbornly resistant to change or improvement brassbound, ironcladinflexibly entrenched and unchangeable 3adj making or willing to make concessions Syn|Ant compromising, conciliatory yielding tending to give in or surrender or agree inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising not making concessions hard-line, hardlinefirm and uncompromising |
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