amenable
Amenable describes a person who is willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion, or a situation/thing that is capable of being acted upon in a particular way. It implies a cooperative attitude or a susceptibility to a specific process, authority, or treatment.
例句
3 / 5She was surprisingly amenable to my suggestion that we postpone the trip until next month.
She was willing to agree to the proposal of delaying the trip.
The proposed constitutional changes are amenable to further revision by the legislative committee.
The legal changes are capable of being modified by the committee.
I'm amenable to whatever you guys want to do for lunch; I'm not picky.
I am open and willing to go along with any lunch choice.
词族
记忆技巧
Think of 'Amen-able'. If someone says 'Amen' to your ideas, they are 'amenable' to them.
快速测验
The board of directors was surprisingly _____ to the union's latest demands for better working hours.
正确!
正确答案是: amenable
例句
She was surprisingly amenable to my suggestion that we postpone the trip until next month.
everydayShe was willing to agree to the proposal of delaying the trip.
The proposed constitutional changes are amenable to further revision by the legislative committee.
formalThe legal changes are capable of being modified by the committee.
I'm amenable to whatever you guys want to do for lunch; I'm not picky.
informalI am open and willing to go along with any lunch choice.
The experimental data proved to be amenable to various forms of statistical modeling.
academicThe research data was suitable for being processed through different math models.
Management is amenable to a salary review, but only after the merger is finalized.
businessThe company leaders are willing to consider changing pay rates once the business deal is done.
词族
常见搭配
常用短语
amenable to compromise
willing to find a middle ground
legally amenable
accountable to a court or legal system
found to be amenable
discovered to be cooperative or responsive
容易混淆的词
Amiable describes a person who is friendly and pleasant in personality, while amenable describes someone who is willing to agree or follow a suggestion.
使用说明
Amenable is almost always followed by the preposition 'to'. It is used to describe both people (willing to cooperate) and inanimate objects/situations (capable of being handled in a certain way).
常见错误
Learners often use 'amenable for' instead of 'amenable to'. Another common error is using it as a synonym for 'friendly' (confusing it with amiable).
记忆技巧
Think of 'Amen-able'. If someone says 'Amen' to your ideas, they are 'amenable' to them.
词源
From the Anglo-French 'amener' (to bring or lead to), based on Latin 'ad' (to) + 'minare' (to drive animals with shouts).
语法模式
文化背景
In legal contexts, 'amenable to process' refers to a person's susceptibility to the jurisdiction of a court.
快速测验
The board of directors was surprisingly _____ to the union's latest demands for better working hours.
正确!
正确答案是: amenable
相关词
to
A1Used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward. It can also mark the recipient of an action or the limit of a range.
and
A1A primary conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically equal. It indicates addition, a sequence of events, or a relationship between two things.
a
A1A word used before a singular noun that is not specific or is being mentioned for the first time. It is used only before words that begin with a consonant sound to indicate one of something.
that
A1This word is a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a specific person, object, or idea that is further away in space or time from the speaker. It is also used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned or to introduce a clause that identifies something.
I
A1The pronoun 'I' is used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb. It is the first-person singular subject pronoun in English and is always capitalized regardless of its position in a sentence.
for
A1Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.
not
A1A function word used to express negation or denial. It is primarily used to make a sentence or phrase negative, often following an auxiliary verb or the verb 'to be'.
with
A1A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.
he
A1A pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified. It functions as the subject of a sentence.
you
A1Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
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