tractable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trac·ta·ble /ˈtræktəbəl/ adjective formal CONTROLeasy to control or deal with 易控制的；易对付的 OPP intractable The issues have proved to be less tractable than expected. 结果这些问题比预想的要难以处理。 —tractability /ˌtræktəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
tractable• Fortunately, some scientists saw them as posing tractable scientific questions and offering new insights.• The country's economic problems are less tractable than first thought.• Republicans are clearly more tractable than in the last Congress, when they insisted on a large tax cut or nothing.• The development of a natural language interface to a database has proved to be more tractable than other applications.• If any of these are found to be tractable, then they all are.• The horse would instantly change from placid and tractable to anxious and difficult!Origin tractable (1400-1500) Latin tractabilis, from tractare “to draw out, handle, treat”, from trahere “to pull”trac·ta·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus control or deal with to easy
tractable
trac‧ta‧ble /ˈtræktəbəl/
adjective formal
OPP intractable:
The issues have proved to be less tractable than expected.
—tractability /ˌtræktəˈbɪləti, ˌtræktəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
trac‧ta‧ble /ˈtræktəbəl/
adjective formal Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: tractabilis, from tractare __to draw out, handle, treat__, from trahere __to pull__
easy to control or deal with Language: Latin
Origin: tractabilis, from tractare __to draw out, handle, treat__, from trahere __to pull__
OPP intractable:
—tractability /ˌtræktəˈbɪləti, ˌtræktəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]