amenable

• 形容人愿意顺从、接受建议或同意他人要求；也用于形容事物容易受到某种作用、影响或检验。

Describes a person who is willing to agree or accept suggestions; also used to describe something that is capable of being acted upon or tested.

1. Willing to complyC1formal

   Open and responsive to suggestion; willing to agree or cooperate.

   顺从的

   • She was amenable to the proposed changes in the schedule.
   • The committee proved amenable to our suggestions.
   • He is always amenable to new ideas and approaches.

   同义词accommodatingagreeablecompliantcooperativeflexibleobligingpliabletractable

   反义词contumaciousinflexibleintractableobstinaterecalcitrantstubbornuncooperative

2. Capable of being acted uponC1formal

   Capable of being tested, treated, or influenced in a particular way.

   可受影响的

   • This disease is amenable to treatment with antibiotics.
   • The problem is not amenable to a simple solution.
   • These data are amenable to statistical analysis.

   同义词openpliablereceptiveresponsivesusceptibletractable

   反义词intractablerefractoryresistantunresponsive