Definition of amenable in English:

amenable

adjectiveəˈmiːnəb(ə)l

1Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
积极响应的；易听从规劝的；顺从的
parents who have amenable children
有容易带的婴儿和乖孩子的父母们。
Example sentencesExamples
- Therefore our interest in a publicly neutral chairperson is solely focused on creating the most amenable context for conducting the discussion.
- And he came at that time to provide the assistance that I was telling you about before, and at that time he was quite an amenable fellow.
- He has always been very amenable about having things done to him and he seems to know it is good for him.
- A more amenable strategy, I believe, is to accept that ‘believing is belonging’ and to be more inclusive rather than exclusive in our approach.
- The forcefulness of his stand-up comedy and righteousness of his political writing make it easy to forget that the fortysomething father of two is a good-natured, funny and amenable bloke.
- For me, the great appeal to doing an album was that the medium is amenable - you can actually do it yourself.
- They'll find me pretty amenable if we're winning.
- And, if the law needed to be changed, she believed Justice Minister Michael McDowell was amenable.
- Supt Hussey had always been co-operative, diligent and amenable in his work, she said.
- Polls suggest that, in these increasingly health-obsessed and conformist times, public opinion might also now be amenable.
- He has several ideas on making the city more amenable for pedal pushers.
- Visibly thrilled over his visit, Sreejaya says that contrary to apprehension that he would be cold and remote, the Prince came across as a very amenable and caring person.
- It was hoped by employers that the new working class would be more docile and amenable than the old.
- The company must negotiate the planning departments of many UK local councils, and Howes diplomatically suggests that some are more amenable than others.
- Not that that will worry the 26-year-old Swede, who, despite a speech disability, is as amenable and communicative as Webb is often abrasive.
- The cry to abolish intoxicating liquors increased within the amenable audience of hard-working farmers that were money conscious and trying to make it in a new world.
- What is not to be regretted is the passing of the typewriter: it was the least amenable tool, requiring such a tedious process to make corrections that it encouraged writers to leave imperfect work unamended.
- It has the reputation of being amenable and friendly.
- The ladies have been very amenable so far, some of them spoke out at the meeting, stood up and identified themselves and asked questions.
- And, sometimes, the one obstruction to an amenable compromise is yet another rule-book that someone somewhere imagined would be helpful.
Synonyms
compliant, acquiescent, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, flexible, malleable, complaisant, accommodating, docile, submissive, obedient, tame, meek, easily handled
rare persuasible
1. 1.1amenable to Capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible.
  （事物）可接受作用的；易受影响的
  cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment
  病人有不容易治疗的心脏衰竭。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are not amenable to the type of process we employ in the domestic law enforcement arena.
  However, he said it appeared that the Prison Service was amenable to the issues raised.
  They are very amenable to this sort of treatment and the resulting new growth can be clipped into simple egg shapes or cubes, for example.
  When anger turns into rage, it is no longer amenable to reason and can easily erupt into violence.
  Her artistic vision and energy prove as amenable to canvas as they do to clay.
  We are always amenable to trying out new songs or developing the programme to cater for more and more people.
  The reality is that for obvious reasons the continuing gangland carnage is not readily amenable to ordinary law.
  Beech is usually quite amenable to hard cutting back, as long as it gets plenty of light it will quickly sprout new shoots from the older wood.
  The hotel staff say that children are more amenable to new ideas and thus the game has more of an impact on them.
  For example, the vexed problem of alcohol abuse is argued by some to be amenable to outside intervention.
  This may be in part because it is a younger art, and one more amenable to modern sensibilities.
  Lots more people would hear what you had to say if you'd just be amenable to how we'd like to read your sites.
  Because of this, he says the Department is hoping to ensure a system amenable to academic researchers.
  One of them told her that she had even spoken to the woman about her, and that the woman was amenable to seeing her.
  Very few web sites are not amenable to this way of thinking.
  He's leaving some time next year and he will be replaced by a board which you can bet your bottom dollar will be more amenable to the government.
  And this may, in turn, make them far more amenable to compromise on postal voting and a new supreme court.
  It was clearly not reliable or repeatable and therefore not amenable to science and quickly discredited.
  Nor is the exercise upon which the court is engaged amenable to such an answer.
  It would have been constructive and amenable to police public relations.
  Synonyms
  susceptible, receptive, responsive, reactive, vulnerable
  defenceless against
  rare susceptive

Derivatives

amenability

nounəmiːnəˈbɪlɪti

These are interesting because of their low prices, and their amenability to living in your home entertainment center.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was this Jesuit amenability to incorporating pre-existing non-Christian beliefs and practises in their efforts at conversion that was causing Rome in this same period to censure the order in India and China.
- Instead, it is employed as a resource for stabilizing defendants, particularly during the early phases of treatment, and for increasing amenability to treatment.
- The survival of political machines usually rested on the amenability of federal supervisors.

amenably

adverb

Both are amenably superfluous; neither will replace Bernard Taper's standard biography, or even Richard Buckle's later book, and neither seems to want to.
Example sentencesExamples
- His blandness makes him an amenably malleable subject for a novelist, and Sten Nadolny has taken full advantage of this licence.
- I froze in horror as I saw that Gabriel had already found my grandparents, and was sitting with them, chatting amenably.

amenableness

noun

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'liable to answer to a law or tribunal'): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener 'bring to' from a- (from Latin ad) 'to' + mener 'bring' (from late Latin minare 'drive animals', from Latin minari 'threaten').

Definition of amenable in US English:

amenable

adjective

1(of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
积极响应的；易听从规劝的；顺从的
parents who have had easy babies and amenable children
有容易带的婴儿和乖孩子的父母们。
Example sentencesExamples
- For me, the great appeal to doing an album was that the medium is amenable - you can actually do it yourself.
- The ladies have been very amenable so far, some of them spoke out at the meeting, stood up and identified themselves and asked questions.
- A more amenable strategy, I believe, is to accept that ‘believing is belonging’ and to be more inclusive rather than exclusive in our approach.
- What is not to be regretted is the passing of the typewriter: it was the least amenable tool, requiring such a tedious process to make corrections that it encouraged writers to leave imperfect work unamended.
- Supt Hussey had always been co-operative, diligent and amenable in his work, she said.
- Therefore our interest in a publicly neutral chairperson is solely focused on creating the most amenable context for conducting the discussion.
- It was hoped by employers that the new working class would be more docile and amenable than the old.
- Visibly thrilled over his visit, Sreejaya says that contrary to apprehension that he would be cold and remote, the Prince came across as a very amenable and caring person.
- They'll find me pretty amenable if we're winning.
- The forcefulness of his stand-up comedy and righteousness of his political writing make it easy to forget that the fortysomething father of two is a good-natured, funny and amenable bloke.
- And, sometimes, the one obstruction to an amenable compromise is yet another rule-book that someone somewhere imagined would be helpful.
- The company must negotiate the planning departments of many UK local councils, and Howes diplomatically suggests that some are more amenable than others.
- And he came at that time to provide the assistance that I was telling you about before, and at that time he was quite an amenable fellow.
- He has several ideas on making the city more amenable for pedal pushers.
- Not that that will worry the 26-year-old Swede, who, despite a speech disability, is as amenable and communicative as Webb is often abrasive.
- It has the reputation of being amenable and friendly.
- He has always been very amenable about having things done to him and he seems to know it is good for him.
- The cry to abolish intoxicating liquors increased within the amenable audience of hard-working farmers that were money conscious and trying to make it in a new world.
- Polls suggest that, in these increasingly health-obsessed and conformist times, public opinion might also now be amenable.
- And, if the law needed to be changed, she believed Justice Minister Michael McDowell was amenable.
Synonyms
compliant, acquiescent, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, flexible, malleable, complaisant, accommodating, docile, submissive, obedient, tame, meek, easily handled
1. 1.1amenable topredicative (of a thing) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to.
  （事物）可接受作用的；易受影响的
  the patients had cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment
  病人有不容易治疗的心脏衰竭。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her artistic vision and energy prove as amenable to canvas as they do to clay.
  For example, the vexed problem of alcohol abuse is argued by some to be amenable to outside intervention.
  The reality is that for obvious reasons the continuing gangland carnage is not readily amenable to ordinary law.
  We are always amenable to trying out new songs or developing the programme to cater for more and more people.
  They are very amenable to this sort of treatment and the resulting new growth can be clipped into simple egg shapes or cubes, for example.
  Very few web sites are not amenable to this way of thinking.
  When anger turns into rage, it is no longer amenable to reason and can easily erupt into violence.
  He's leaving some time next year and he will be replaced by a board which you can bet your bottom dollar will be more amenable to the government.
  It would have been constructive and amenable to police public relations.
  However, he said it appeared that the Prison Service was amenable to the issues raised.
  It was clearly not reliable or repeatable and therefore not amenable to science and quickly discredited.
  One of them told her that she had even spoken to the woman about her, and that the woman was amenable to seeing her.
  And this may, in turn, make them far more amenable to compromise on postal voting and a new supreme court.
  Nor is the exercise upon which the court is engaged amenable to such an answer.
  Beech is usually quite amenable to hard cutting back, as long as it gets plenty of light it will quickly sprout new shoots from the older wood.
  Lots more people would hear what you had to say if you'd just be amenable to how we'd like to read your sites.
  This may be in part because it is a younger art, and one more amenable to modern sensibilities.
  They are not amenable to the type of process we employ in the domestic law enforcement arena.
  Because of this, he says the Department is hoping to ensure a system amenable to academic researchers.
  The hotel staff say that children are more amenable to new ideas and thus the game has more of an impact on them.
  Synonyms
  susceptible, receptive, responsive, reactive, vulnerable

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘liable to answer to a law or tribunal’): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener ‘bring to’ from a- (from Latin ad) ‘to’ + mener ‘bring’ (from late Latin minare ‘drive animals’, from Latin minari ‘threaten’).

词汇	amenable
释义	Definition of amenable in English: amenable adjectiveəˈmiːnəb(ə)l 1Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled. 积极响应的；易听从规劝的；顺从的 parents who have amenable children 有容易带的婴儿和乖孩子的父母们。 Example sentencesExamples Therefore our interest in a publicly neutral chairperson is solely focused on creating the most amenable context for conducting the discussion. And he came at that time to provide the assistance that I was telling you about before, and at that time he was quite an amenable fellow. He has always been very amenable about having things done to him and he seems to know it is good for him. A more amenable strategy, I believe, is to accept that ‘believing is belonging’ and to be more inclusive rather than exclusive in our approach. The forcefulness of his stand-up comedy and righteousness of his political writing make it easy to forget that the fortysomething father of two is a good-natured, funny and amenable bloke. For me, the great appeal to doing an album was that the medium is amenable - you can actually do it yourself. They'll find me pretty amenable if we're winning. And, if the law needed to be changed, she believed Justice Minister Michael McDowell was amenable. Supt Hussey had always been co-operative, diligent and amenable in his work, she said. Polls suggest that, in these increasingly health-obsessed and conformist times, public opinion might also now be amenable. He has several ideas on making the city more amenable for pedal pushers. Visibly thrilled over his visit, Sreejaya says that contrary to apprehension that he would be cold and remote, the Prince came across as a very amenable and caring person. It was hoped by employers that the new working class would be more docile and amenable than the old. The company must negotiate the planning departments of many UK local councils, and Howes diplomatically suggests that some are more amenable than others. Not that that will worry the 26-year-old Swede, who, despite a speech disability, is as amenable and communicative as Webb is often abrasive. The cry to abolish intoxicating liquors increased within the amenable audience of hard-working farmers that were money conscious and trying to make it in a new world. What is not to be regretted is the passing of the typewriter: it was the least amenable tool, requiring such a tedious process to make corrections that it encouraged writers to leave imperfect work unamended. It has the reputation of being amenable and friendly. The ladies have been very amenable so far, some of them spoke out at the meeting, stood up and identified themselves and asked questions. And, sometimes, the one obstruction to an amenable compromise is yet another rule-book that someone somewhere imagined would be helpful. Synonyms compliant, acquiescent, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, flexible, malleable, complaisant, accommodating, docile, submissive, obedient, tame, meek, easily handled rare persuasible 1.1amenable to Capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible. （事物）可接受作用的；易受影响的 cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment 病人有不容易治疗的心脏衰竭。 Example sentencesExamples They are not amenable to the type of process we employ in the domestic law enforcement arena. However, he said it appeared that the Prison Service was amenable to the issues raised. They are very amenable to this sort of treatment and the resulting new growth can be clipped into simple egg shapes or cubes, for example. When anger turns into rage, it is no longer amenable to reason and can easily erupt into violence. Her artistic vision and energy prove as amenable to canvas as they do to clay. We are always amenable to trying out new songs or developing the programme to cater for more and more people. The reality is that for obvious reasons the continuing gangland carnage is not readily amenable to ordinary law. Beech is usually quite amenable to hard cutting back, as long as it gets plenty of light it will quickly sprout new shoots from the older wood. The hotel staff say that children are more amenable to new ideas and thus the game has more of an impact on them. For example, the vexed problem of alcohol abuse is argued by some to be amenable to outside intervention. This may be in part because it is a younger art, and one more amenable to modern sensibilities. Lots more people would hear what you had to say if you'd just be amenable to how we'd like to read your sites. Because of this, he says the Department is hoping to ensure a system amenable to academic researchers. One of them told her that she had even spoken to the woman about her, and that the woman was amenable to seeing her. Very few web sites are not amenable to this way of thinking. He's leaving some time next year and he will be replaced by a board which you can bet your bottom dollar will be more amenable to the government. And this may, in turn, make them far more amenable to compromise on postal voting and a new supreme court. It was clearly not reliable or repeatable and therefore not amenable to science and quickly discredited. Nor is the exercise upon which the court is engaged amenable to such an answer. It would have been constructive and amenable to police public relations. Synonyms susceptible, receptive, responsive, reactive, vulnerable defenceless against rare susceptive Derivatives amenability nounəmiːnəˈbɪlɪti These are interesting because of their low prices, and their amenability to living in your home entertainment center. Example sentencesExamples It was this Jesuit amenability to incorporating pre-existing non-Christian beliefs and practises in their efforts at conversion that was causing Rome in this same period to censure the order in India and China. Instead, it is employed as a resource for stabilizing defendants, particularly during the early phases of treatment, and for increasing amenability to treatment. The survival of political machines usually rested on the amenability of federal supervisors. amenably adverb Both are amenably superfluous; neither will replace Bernard Taper's standard biography, or even Richard Buckle's later book, and neither seems to want to. Example sentencesExamples His blandness makes him an amenably malleable subject for a novelist, and Sten Nadolny has taken full advantage of this licence. I froze in horror as I saw that Gabriel had already found my grandparents, and was sitting with them, chatting amenably. amenableness noun Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'liable to answer to a law or tribunal'): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener 'bring to' from a- (from Latin ad) 'to' + mener 'bring' (from late Latin minare 'drive animals', from Latin minari 'threaten'). Definition of amenable in US English: amenable adjective 1(of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled. 积极响应的；易听从规劝的；顺从的 parents who have had easy babies and amenable children 有容易带的婴儿和乖孩子的父母们。 Example sentencesExamples For me, the great appeal to doing an album was that the medium is amenable - you can actually do it yourself. The ladies have been very amenable so far, some of them spoke out at the meeting, stood up and identified themselves and asked questions. A more amenable strategy, I believe, is to accept that ‘believing is belonging’ and to be more inclusive rather than exclusive in our approach. What is not to be regretted is the passing of the typewriter: it was the least amenable tool, requiring such a tedious process to make corrections that it encouraged writers to leave imperfect work unamended. Supt Hussey had always been co-operative, diligent and amenable in his work, she said. Therefore our interest in a publicly neutral chairperson is solely focused on creating the most amenable context for conducting the discussion. It was hoped by employers that the new working class would be more docile and amenable than the old. Visibly thrilled over his visit, Sreejaya says that contrary to apprehension that he would be cold and remote, the Prince came across as a very amenable and caring person. They'll find me pretty amenable if we're winning. The forcefulness of his stand-up comedy and righteousness of his political writing make it easy to forget that the fortysomething father of two is a good-natured, funny and amenable bloke. And, sometimes, the one obstruction to an amenable compromise is yet another rule-book that someone somewhere imagined would be helpful. The company must negotiate the planning departments of many UK local councils, and Howes diplomatically suggests that some are more amenable than others. And he came at that time to provide the assistance that I was telling you about before, and at that time he was quite an amenable fellow. He has several ideas on making the city more amenable for pedal pushers. Not that that will worry the 26-year-old Swede, who, despite a speech disability, is as amenable and communicative as Webb is often abrasive. It has the reputation of being amenable and friendly. He has always been very amenable about having things done to him and he seems to know it is good for him. The cry to abolish intoxicating liquors increased within the amenable audience of hard-working farmers that were money conscious and trying to make it in a new world. Polls suggest that, in these increasingly health-obsessed and conformist times, public opinion might also now be amenable. And, if the law needed to be changed, she believed Justice Minister Michael McDowell was amenable. Synonyms compliant, acquiescent, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, flexible, malleable, complaisant, accommodating, docile, submissive, obedient, tame, meek, easily handled 1.1amenable topredicative (of a thing) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to. （事物）可接受作用的；易受影响的 the patients had cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment 病人有不容易治疗的心脏衰竭。 Example sentencesExamples Her artistic vision and energy prove as amenable to canvas as they do to clay. For example, the vexed problem of alcohol abuse is argued by some to be amenable to outside intervention. The reality is that for obvious reasons the continuing gangland carnage is not readily amenable to ordinary law. We are always amenable to trying out new songs or developing the programme to cater for more and more people. They are very amenable to this sort of treatment and the resulting new growth can be clipped into simple egg shapes or cubes, for example. Very few web sites are not amenable to this way of thinking. When anger turns into rage, it is no longer amenable to reason and can easily erupt into violence. He's leaving some time next year and he will be replaced by a board which you can bet your bottom dollar will be more amenable to the government. It would have been constructive and amenable to police public relations. However, he said it appeared that the Prison Service was amenable to the issues raised. It was clearly not reliable or repeatable and therefore not amenable to science and quickly discredited. One of them told her that she had even spoken to the woman about her, and that the woman was amenable to seeing her. And this may, in turn, make them far more amenable to compromise on postal voting and a new supreme court. Nor is the exercise upon which the court is engaged amenable to such an answer. Beech is usually quite amenable to hard cutting back, as long as it gets plenty of light it will quickly sprout new shoots from the older wood. Lots more people would hear what you had to say if you'd just be amenable to how we'd like to read your sites. This may be in part because it is a younger art, and one more amenable to modern sensibilities. They are not amenable to the type of process we employ in the domestic law enforcement arena. Because of this, he says the Department is hoping to ensure a system amenable to academic researchers. The hotel staff say that children are more amenable to new ideas and thus the game has more of an impact on them. Synonyms susceptible, receptive, responsive, reactive, vulnerable Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘liable to answer to a law or tribunal’): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener ‘bring to’ from a- (from Latin ad) ‘to’ + mener ‘bring’ (from late Latin minare ‘drive animals’, from Latin minari ‘threaten’).
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