(一般作 conformable to)(of a person) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable or expected (人)顺从的,愿意(或习惯于)遵守社会习俗的 ■similar in form or nature; consistent 相似的;一致的 the human adoption of practices which are conformable to biological constraints. 人类所采纳的与生物学上的抑制颇有相似之处的社会习俗。 ■(Geology)(of strata in contact) deposited in a continuous sequence, and typically having the same direction of stratification (地质)(相连地层)(尤指同成层方向)整合的
派生 conformability noun conformably adverb 语源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'compliant (to) or tractable'): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare 'to form, fashion' (see conform)