easily led
easily led — 形容詞
1. A person who is easily led tends to accept the opinions or suggestions of other
易受影響
容易受人影響而做壞事
A person who is easily led tends to accept the opinions or suggestions of other people too readily, often resulting in choices or actions that are wrong, harmful, or unwise.
Young Reuben was easily led by older boys into skipping class and damaging school property.
年輕的 Reuben 很容易被年紀較大的男生影響，跟著翹課並破壞學校公物。
be easily led + by [person] + into [bad activity]
After losing the bakery job, Amani was easily led into a bad business deal.
失去麵包店的工作後，Amani 很容易就被牽進一筆糟糕的生意。
In court the detective said the young man was easily led by his older friends.
在法庭上，偵探表示這名年輕男子容易受到年紀較大的朋友影響。
Sven was easily led by the older students into helping them cheat on the exam.
Sven 很容易被高年級學生影響，幫他們在考試中作弊。
It worried Folake's parents how easily led she was by the popular girls at school.
Folake 的父母很擔心她在學校多麼容易被受歡迎的女生影響。
- impressionable
more neutral; often describes young people whose values are still developing
- gullible
stronger negative connotation, specifically about being easily tricked or cheated
- suggestible
more formal, often used in psychology for someone who readily accepts others' ideas
- strong-willed
someone who makes their own decisions and is not easily influenced by others
- resolute
firm in purpose; the opposite of being easily swayed
文法句型
be easily led
be easily led + by [person/group]
be easily led + into [bad activity]
用法筆記
Commonly used in the passive-like construction 'be easily led + by [person/group].' The phrase carries a negative implication — it always describes being led into something wrong or harmful, never a positive influence.