flexibility

英 [,fleksɪ'bɪlɪtɪ]美 [,flɛksə'bɪləti]
  • n. 灵活性；弹性；适应性
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英文词源

flexibility (n.)
1610s, of physical things, from French flexibilité (in Old French, "weakness, vacillation") or directly from Late Latin flexibilitatem (nominative flexibilitas), from Latin flexibilis "pliant, yielding" (see flexible). Of immaterial things from 1783.

双语例句

1. Women have lost out in this new pay flexibility.
在这一新的薪资弹性化政策中吃亏的是女性。
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2. The flexibility of distance learning would be particularly suited to busy managers.
远程学习的灵活性对于日理万机的经理人来说特别适合。
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3. There has got to be a degree of flexibility.
得有一点灵活性才行。
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4. The flexibility of the lens decreases with age.
眼球晶状体的柔韧性随着年龄增长而减退。
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5. Any incomes policy must embody the attributes of fairness and flexibility.
任何收入政策都应该具有公平与灵活性之特征.
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