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小词详解 | docile
docile 英 [ˈdəʊsaɪl] 美 [ˈdɑːsl]
Haphazardly, then purposefully, humans bred cereals to be more bountiful, livestock to be more docile, dogs more obedient and cats more companionable (the last a partial success, at best).
从无心到有意,人类将谷物培育得更丰产,让牲畜更温顺,狗更听话,猫更友善(这最后一项充其量只算取得了部分成功)。
——《经济学人》And the stereotype of docile Asian women persists. Nowhere is this more explicit than in sex ads and online pornography.
亚洲女性格外温顺的刻板形象现在依然存在,在色情广告和网络色情中最为露骨。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 准备接受控制或指示;顺从的
It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.
只有最听话的人才能完成世界上最不可能的事情。
compliant: inclined to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent
obedient: complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will
submissive: ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive