tractable
英 ['træktəb(ə)l]
美 ['træktəbl]
TEM8 GRE
1、tract- "handle, manage" + -able. => manageable.
tractable 易处理的来自拉丁语 tractare,处理，操纵，对待，词源同 tract.-able,形容词后缀。
- tractable (adj.)
- "manageable," early 15c., from Latin tractabilis "that may be touched or handled, workable, tangible, manageable," figuratively, "pliant," from tractare "to handle, manage" (see treat (v.)). Related: Tractability.
- 1. Gold and silver are tractable metals.
- 金和银是容易加工的金属.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. He could easily manage his tractable and worshipping younger brother.
- 他能轻而易举地管住听话并且崇拜自己的弟弟。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Carrie seemed quite tractable, and he congratulated himself.
- 嘉莉看上去很温顺, 他暗自感到庆幸.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. The next visitors were Arab. They were no more tractable.
- 接着而来的便是阿拉伯客人, 他们并不更好说话.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Triangular matrices, in particular, are usually quite tractable.
- 特别地, 三角矩阵常是十分易于驾驭的.
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