amenable

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

a·me·na·ble (ə-mēʹnə-bəl, ə-mĕnʹə-)adj.
1. Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing.
2. Responsible to higher authority; accountable:
amenable to the law.
See Synonyms at responsible.
3. Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism: “The phenomenon of mind... is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected” (Michael D. Lemonick).  [Probably alteration of Middle English menable, from Old French, from mener, to lead, from Latin mināre, to drive, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats. See men-² in Indo-European Roots.] a·me'na·bilʹi·ty or a·meʹna·ble·ness n.a·meʹna·bly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tractable, conformable