late 15c., "easily taught," from Italian or French docile, from Latin docilis "easily taught," from docere "teach" (see doctor). Sense of "obedient, submissive" first recorded 1774.
双语例句
1. Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.
马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. " You're all so docile. You don't put up the slightest resistance.
“ 你们总是忍受, 你们一点也不反抗.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
3. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
来自辞典例句
4. Why don't you become a nice, docile Christian?
我想你还不如规规矩矩地去做一个基督徒.
来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
5. The soldiers were grateful and docile, made almost childlike by their wounds.