Word 29: MALLEABLE (MAL-ee-uh-bul)
Capable of being shaped, able to be molded or manipulated, adaptable,impressionable.
Certain metals, such as gold and iron, are malleable; they can be molded orshaped. In a figurative sense, malleable can also apply to a person or abstractthing that can be molded or shaped. For example, a young person’s mind maybe malleable, impressionable, capable of being shaped, or an idea may bemalleable, adaptable, capable of being shaped to fit various purposes.
Malleable and the challenging word tractable (TRAK-tuh-bul) are close inmeaning. Malleable comes from the Latin malleare, to hammer, and meansliterally “capable of being hammered into a desired shape.” Tractable comesfrom the Latin tractare, to handle, manage, haul or drag along. From thesame source comes the familiar word tractor, the farm vehicle used to pullwagons, mowers, and other agricultural equipment. By derivation that whichis tractable can be pulled or hauled; hence, a tractable person is manageable,easily handled. A malleable person or thing is easily hammered into shape,and therefore is adaptable, impressionable.
Antonyms of malleable and tractable include inflexible, unyielding,stubborn, obstinate (AHB-sti-nit), and intransigent (in-TRAN-zi-jint).
单词29:延展性
能被塑造的，能被塑造或操纵的，适应性强，易受影响的。
某些金属，如金和铁，具有延展性;它们可以被塑造或成形。在比喻的意义上，malleable也可以用于可以塑造或塑造的人或抽象事物。例如，一个年轻人的思想可能是可塑的，易受影响的，能够被塑造的，或者一个想法可能是可塑的，可适应的，能够被塑造以适应各种目的。
Malleable和具有挑战性的单词tractable (TRAK-tuh-bul)意思相近。Malleable来自拉丁语malleare，意思是锤子，字面意思是“能够被锤成想要的形状”。Tractable源自拉丁语tractare，意思是处理、管理、拖或拖。来自同一来源的是我们熟悉的单词牵引车(tractor)，用来拉动马车、割草机和其他农业设备的农用车。通过推导，可操纵的东西可以被拉或拖;因此，一个听话的人是容易管理的，很容易处理的。一个有可塑性的人或物很容易被锤炼成形状，因此适应性强，易受影响。
malleable和tracable的反义词包括:不灵活的，不屈的，固执的，固执的(ahb - stin - it)和intransigent (in- trans -zi-jint)。
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