flexible

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

flex·ible AW BrE [ˈfleksəbl] NAmE [ˈfleksəbl] adjective
1. (approving)able to change to suit new conditions or situations
•a more flexible approach
•flexible working hours
•Our plans need to be flexible enough to cater for the needs of everyone.
•You need to be more flexible and imaginative in your approach.
•Can you be flexible about when you take your leave?
2. able to bend easily without breaking
•flexible plastic tubing
Opp: ↑inflexible
Derived Words: ↑flexibility ▪ ↑flexibly

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin flexibilis, from flectere ‘to bend’.

Thesaurus:
flexible [flexibility flexible flexibly] adj.
1. (approving)
•We need a more flexible design.
adjustable • • multi-purpose • |approving adaptable • • versatile •
Opp: inflexible
a/an flexible/adaptable/versatile system
a flexible/versatile workforce/approach
a versatile/multi-purpose machine
2.
•a metre of flexible plastic tubing
elastic • • supple • • springy •
Opp: rigid
flexible/elastic materials

Example Bank:
•My mother is fairly flexible about what time I need to be home.
•We need to make the working day more flexible.
•A First National Bank loan is an extremely flexible facility.
•We can offer you flexible working hours.
•What is needed is a more flexible design.
•You'll need 2 metres of flexible plastic tubing.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  compromising, conciliatory, whippy, elastic, pliable, pliant, flexile
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible