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docile 音标拼音: [d'ɑsəl] a. 容易教的,温顺的 容易教的,温顺的 docile adj 1: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; " the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ ant: { obstinate}, { stubborn}, { unregenerate}] 2: ready and willing to be taught; " docile pupils eager for instruction"; " teachable youngsters" [ synonym: { docile}, { teachable}] 3: easily handled or managed; " a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" [ synonym: { docile}, { gentle}] Docile \ Doc" ile\, a. [ L. docilis, fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?, and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F. docile. Cf. { Doctor}, { Didactic}, { Disciple}.] 1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. [ 1913 Webster] The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster] 63 Moby Thesaurus words for " docile": acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, apt, ardent, biddable, bright, clever, compliant, consenting, content, cooperative, disposed, ductile, eager, educable, enthusiastic, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, flexible, formable, forward, game, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, instructable, intelligent, malleable, minded, moldable, motivated, plastic, pliable, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, ripe for instruction, schoolable, susceptible, teachable, thirsty for knowledge, tractable, trainable, well- disposed, well- inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted, yielding, zealous
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