English-Thai Dictionary

amenable

ADJ ซึ่ง ยอมให้ ทดสอบ  sueng-yom-hai-thod-sob

 

amenable

ADJ ซึ่ง ยินดี ร่วมมือ  agreeable sueng-yin-di-ruam-mue

 

amenable

ADJ ที่ ตอบสนอง ต่อ  ที่ ยอมให้  responsive answerable ti-tob-sa-nong-tor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMENABLE

a. 1. In old law, easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [This sense is obsolete. ]
2. Liable to answer; responsible; answerable; liable to be called to account; as, every man is amenable to the laws.
We retain this idiom in the popular phrase, to bring in, to make answerable; as a man is brought in to pay the debt of another.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMENABLE

A *me "na *ble, a. Etym: [F. amener to lead; ad ) = mener to lead, fr. L.minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries ), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace. ]

 

1. (Old Law )

 

Defn: Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs. ] Jacob.

 

2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive. .. to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor.

 

3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.

 

4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. Sterling. .. always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle.

 

AMENABLENESS

AMENABLENESS A *me "na *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amenable

a me na ble |əˈmēnəbəl, əˈmen -əˈminəbəl | ▶adjective (of a person ) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled: parents who have had easy babies and amenable children. • [ predic. ] (amenable to ) (of a thing ) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to: the patients had cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment. DERIVATIVES a me na bil i ty |əˌmēnəˈbilitē, əˌmen - |noun, a me na bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (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 ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

amenable

amenable |əˈmiːnəb (ə )l | ▶adjective open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled: parents who have amenable children. • (amenable to ) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible: cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment. DERIVATIVES amenability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, amenably adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (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 ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

amenable

amenable adjective 1 an amenable child: cooperative, acquiescent, compliant, accommodating, obliging, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, malleable, complaisant, easily handled; rare persuasible. ANTONYMS uncooperative. 2 many cancers are amenable to treatment: susceptible, receptive, responsive; archaic susceptive. ANTONYMS unresponsive, resistant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

amenable

amenable adjective 1 an easy-going, amenable child: compliant, acquiescent, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, flexible, malleable, complaisant, accommodating, docile, submissive, obedient, tame, meek, easily handled; rare persuasible. ANTONYMS uncooperative. 2 many cancers of this kind are amenable to treatment: susceptible, receptive, responsive, reactive, vulnerable; defenceless against; rare susceptive. ANTONYMS resistant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

amenable

a me na ble /əmíːnəb (ə )l /形容詞 〖通例be ～〗1 〈人が 〉【考え 提案などを [に ]】すすんで受け入れて, 快く応じて [応える ]; «…に » (気持ちが )容易に動きやすい [左右されて ]; 従順な «to » .2 «…の » 適用が可能な [と考えられる ], 可能性 [余地 ]のある «to » .3 〈人が 〉【法律などに 】従う責任がある «to » .a m è na b í l i ty 名詞 a m é na bly 副詞