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Picture a branch that bends when the wind pushes it and springs back afterwards, instead of snapping. That ability to give way and still hold together is the word. English uses it for bodies and materials that bend, and just as often for arrangements and people that can change shape when the situation changes.
可以想成：一根樹枝被風壓彎，風停了又彈回來，而不是啪一聲折斷。這種「可以讓、但不會壞」的本事就是這個字。英文用它講會…更多收起
可以想成：一根樹枝被風壓彎，風停了又彈回來，而不是啪一聲折斷。這種「可以讓、但不會壞」的本事就是這個字。英文用它講會彎的身體和材料，也同樣常用來講「情況一變就能跟著調整」的安排與人。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
flexibilitynoun/ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/
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The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
- Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age.
- Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies.
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The quality of having options.
- I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.
- For millions of people like Poteat, pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities have made health care much more accessible. […] “What the flexibility of telehealth allows during Covid was to shift gears extraordinarily rapidly,” said Dr. Shawn Ryan, a regional director of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。