conformable
/kənˈfɔːməbl/adjective
(一般作conformable to)
1- (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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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。
派生词
conformability
nounconformably
adverb词源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'compliant (to) or tractable'): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare 'to form, fashion' (see CONFORM).