Tractable

(adj.) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); 'tractable young minds'; 'the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition'- Samuel Butler .

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• Would I speak now, and be tractable? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I never heard any harm of her; and I dare say she is one of the most tractable creatures in the world. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Well, I took him in hand, and in one fortnight I had him tamed down as submissive and tractable as heart could desire. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You will find him at Dunkeld; gentle and tractable he wanders up the hills, and through the wood, or sits listening beside the waterfall. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• In all other respects, my dear mother, I'll be as tractable and obedient as you can wish; on this one alone, I stand out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• You know he is always good-humoured and tractable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He was tractable enough, though his son was a perfect demon, ready to blow out his own or anybody else's brains if he could have got to his revolver. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Never would I be tractable in this matter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But when, as we have seen, voltaic electricity entered the field, electricity became a more powerful and tractable servant, and distant intelligent signals became one of its first labors. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Then, in a cold, but gentle voice, as if to remind her sister to be tractable: 'But isn't it a FEARFULLY sudden decision, Ursula? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The Countess had failed in this design with regard to her children; perhaps she hoped to find the next remove in birth more tractable. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If the gray mare is handsome and tractable, why not? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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