(of a person) easy to control or influence (人)听话的,易受影响的 underfed children were more tractable. 吃不饱的孩子更听话些。 ■(of a situation or problem) easy to deal with (情况,问题)易处理的 trying to make the mathematics tractable. 争取使数学变得容易些。
派生 tractability noun tractably adverb 语源
early 16th cent.: from Latin tractabilis, from tractare 'to handle' (see tractate)