agile
英 ['ædʒaɪl] 美 ['ædʒl]
adj.（动作）敏捷的；灵活的；（头脑）机灵的
◉Etymology
“Agile”源自拉丁语“agilis”，意为“可动的”或“敏捷的”，由动词“agere”（做、驱动）派生而来，与“act”（行动）、“agent”（代理人）同根。这个词通过古法语“agile”进入英语，约在14世纪确立其现代形式。最初，“agile”主要描述身体的灵活性，后来逐渐扩展到心理或方法的敏捷性。20世纪以来，随着“敏捷开发”（Agile Development）等概念的兴起，它在科技领域焕发新生。
◉外刊例句
① 《The Economist》 (2023年11月30日)
Tech startups thrive by adopting agile strategies to outpace larger rivals.
科技初创公司通过采用敏捷策略蓬勃发展，超越了更大的竞争对手。
② 《National Geographic》 (2024年4月18日)
The leopard’s agile movements made it a master of the treetops.
豹子敏捷的动作使它成为树梢的主宰。
◉经典名著
① 《奥德赛》（The Odyssey）——荷马（约公元前1200年，英译版）
Odysseus, agile in body and mind, slipped past the Cyclops’ grasp.
奥德修斯身手敏捷、头脑灵活，从独眼巨人的手中溜走。
② 《金银岛》（Treasure Island）——罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森 (1883年)
The boy was agile as a monkey, climbing the rigging with ease.
那男孩像猴子一样敏捷，轻松地爬上船索。
◉Usage Notes
(1) He was quick and agile and he didn't mind losing.
(2) You might sometimes need an agile negotiator.
(3) The problem that he answers newsman is very agile.
(4) One need an agile mind to solve puzzles.
(1) 他敏捷，灵活，输了不在乎。
(2) 你有时会需要一个灵活的谈判代表。
(3) 他回答新闻记者的问题很灵活。
(4) 解谜必须有机灵的头脑。
◉Usage Examples
On water skis she was agile and made sharp turns and long arcs cutting through the water, but she was a lot less agile on the snowboard, landing on her face and hands as she clunked down the slopes.
People and things can be agile, or quick and graceful. Car commercials talk of "agile handling," and nature-shows feature spry creatures who survive by being agile among more slow-footed and clumsy animals. Human and virtual minds also earn the description agile when they're sharp and grasp ideas or reason with speed and easy logic. Things that are agile often are thought to be light, but even heavy machines like trains and large people like sumo wrestlers can be agile.
◉Colins
1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]敏捷的；灵敏的 Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily.
At 20 years old he was not as agile as he is now.
20岁时他并不如现在这般矫健。
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She blinked in surprise at his agility.
他敏捷的身手让她惊奇地直眨眼睛。
2. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]机敏的；机智的 If you have an agile mind, you think quickly and intelligently.
She was quick-witted and had an extraordinarily agile mind.
她机智聪慧，思维极为敏捷。
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His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.
他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。
