agile

英 [ˈædʒaɪl]

美 [ˈædʒl]

adj.  (动作)敏捷的，灵活的; (思维)机敏的，机灵的

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牛津词典

adj.

• （动作）敏捷的，灵活的
  able to move quickly and easily
• （思维）机敏的，机灵的
  able to think quickly and in an intelligent way
  1. an agile mind/brain
     敏捷的思维；灵活的头脑

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 敏捷的；灵敏的
  Someone who isagilecan move quickly and easily.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 机敏的;机智的
  If you have anagilemind, you think quickly and intelligently.
  1. She was quick-witted and had an extraordinarily agile mind.
     她机智聪慧，思维极为敏捷。

英英释义

adj

• moving quickly and lightly
  1. sleek and agile as a gymnast
  2. as nimble as a deer
  3. nimble fingers
  4. quick of foot
  5. the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
  Synonym:nimblequickspry
• mentally quick
  1. an agile mind
  2. nimble wits
  Synonym:nimble

双语例句

• InfoQ: How are SOA and your agile software development practices complementary for business success?
  InfoQ：SOA和你们的敏捷软件开发实践是如何结合，来达到业务上的成功的？
• Gernot Starke works as independent consultant and coach for software-architecture and agile development practices.
  GernotStarke软件架构和敏捷开发实践的独立咨询师和教练。
• 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。
• These tools complimented Lean and Agile without reducing their value or conflicting with those ideas.
  这些工具很好地促进了精益和敏捷，而不是降低它们的价值或者和那些观点有冲突。
• We applied Agile software development practices when building the Kit.
  我们在构建工具包时应用了敏捷软件开发实践。
• Scrum, and other agile approaches, put great store in collaboration, communication and knowledge sharing.
  Scrum和其他的敏捷方法，在协作、交流和分享知识方面投入很多。
• To identify those practices and techniques that Agile teams use.
  以鉴别敏捷团队使用的实践和技术。
• Quick and watchful, the agile Greek leaped lightly aside, and struck so fell and dexterous a blow on the head of the snake.
  那个机灵的希腊人，行动既敏捷又早有提防，轻捷地跳到一边，凶猛利落地对准蛇头打去。
• Finally, there is Agile Development and the large development organization.
  最后，就是敏捷开发和大型开发组织。
• We had plenty of consultants and academics but few customers who actually used XP and agile methods.
  我们有大量的咨询者和学院派，但是却很少有真正使用XP和敏捷方法的用户。