| 单词 | indocile |
| 例句 | Indeed, the child had always been wayward and strange, and especially indocile to Edith's instructions, although she seemed at times to have a strong affection for her. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z On these front seats sat the gay and indocile Belgian girls. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z We were alone, and I think I was always less indocile, less unamiable, when there were few witnesses of my behaviour. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He is a very bold and powerful creature, and becomes more fierce and indocile with age. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Corneille, as has been said above, was one of Richelieu's five poets, but he was indocile to the Cardinal's caprices; and either this indocility or jealousy set Richelieu against Le Cid. A Short History of French Literature We, however, thought it best to attempt no persuasion, lest we should aggravate the sullen pride of his character, and render him still more indocile for the future. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] As instances of the first statement, the elephant is actually, and in his real circus life, an indocile and malicious beast, prone to blind rages, revenges, and sly malice. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 The Indian, of the type which we have chosen to judge him by, is pre-eminently indocile and inflexible. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies But it was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face—the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive. Shirley But the mind of that man must indeed be incurious and indocile, who has either overlooked all these things; or reaped no instruction from the contemplation of them. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations The inhabitants were not indocile nor were they wanting in conception; but since they had been blessed with no light without themselves, they groped in the thickest darkness. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. Is it not a familiar fact that racial characteristics are persistent?—that one race is stupid and indocile, another quick and intelligent? The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II When Bossuet tried to educate his indocile pupil the Dauphin, he taught him how God is above man, as man is above the brute. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning How superior also the elevated brain of the poodle dog, when compared with that of the indocile, snarling cur! Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 And again, for it was all the affair of the veriest moment, the slaves rushed once more on their indocile victim. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. He wished to reveal by one great example all that heresy can do, how indocile and independent it naturally is, how fatal to royalty and to any legitimate authority. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 He had a most indocile temperament, rebellious to tradition, in no sense Roman. Characters and events of Roman History Antonyms: drastic, refractory, vicious, brusque, harsh, rough, severe, rigorous, intractable, indocile. gentleman, n. Putnam's Word Book The untrained and indocile youth, however, is made the subject of compulsory distribution. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II Under their instruction he proved as ready a scholar, as he had been indocile and restive to the pedant who held the office of his tutor. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Others maintained that these bondmen were so ignorant and indocile, so far gone in their wickedness, so confirmed in their habit of evil ways, that it was vain to undertake to teach them such knowledge. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War The Empire which made him Senator gained, however, but an indocile recruit. The Ways of Men Antonyms: composure, imperturbation, calmness. perturbed, a. excited, distressed, worried, discomposed, agitated. perusal, n. reading. peruse, v. read. perverse, a. perverted, misdirected, erring, depraved, vitiated; intractable, obstinate, stubborn, contrary, headstrong, indocile. Putnam's Word Book Over this he had wasted two days, and from that moment I saw it was useless to waste any more of my time and patience in urging a scholar so indocile for the beaten path. Friends in Council — First Series Mrs. Gould herself brought the little girl, trying to impress on Mrs. Brownlow that if she was indocile it was not her fault, but her grandfather could not bear to have her crossed. Magnum Bonum In your morbid hypercriticalness, you may wish this indocile, undisguisable, and most unsheltered feature had been made a little longer, or a little shorter, or a little wider, or not quite so wide. Such Is Life A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort. Wessex Tales I was indocile at an age When better boys were taught, But thou at length hast made me sage, If I am sage in aught. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 |
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