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.
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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.
