Easy to control, handle, or deal with. It works two ways.

Easy to control, handle, or deal with容易控制、處理、應付的意思 It works two ways它有兩種用法

Of a person or animal: willing to be led, not stubborn — a tractable child, a tractable horse. Of a thing: workable — a tractable problem, a tractable material that bends the way you want it to.

Of a person or animal用在人或動物身上 willing to be led願意被引導 not stubborn不固執 a tractable child像a tractable child（聽話的孩子） a tractable horse或a tractable horse（溫馴的馬） Of a thing用在事物上 workable指容易處理的 a tractable problem像a tractable problem（容易解決的問題） a tractable material that bends the way you want it to或a tractable material（可以照你想要的方式彎折的材料）

The picture underneath the word is physical: something you can get your hands on and manage. It is formal and mostly written; in speech a Taiwanese student would say 'easy to deal with' or, about a person, 'cooperative' or 'obedient'.

The picture underneath the word這個字底下的畫面 is physical是很具體的 something you can get your hands on and manage一個你可以動手掌控的東西 It is formal and mostly written它是正式、大多用在書面的字 in speech在口語裡 a Taiwanese student would say 'easy to deal with'台灣學生大概會說'easy to deal with' or, about a person或用在人身上時 'cooperative' or 'obedient'說'cooperative'或'obedient'

Two honest notes.

Two honest notes兩點老實話要說在前頭

Used of people it often carries a slight edge — the speaker is looking down from above, weighing how easy someone is to manage, so it can sound patronising even when it's meant as praise. And in maths, computing and science it has a firm technical sense: a tractable problem is one that can actually be solved or computed within reasonable limits.

Used of people用在人身上時 it often carries a slight edge常常帶著一點微妙的意味 the speaker is looking down from above講話的人像是站在上面往下看 weighing how easy someone is to manage在評估這個人好不好管 so it can sound patronising所以可能聽起來有點高高在上 even when it's meant as praise即使本意是稱讚 And in maths, computing and science而在數學、計算機科學和科學裡 it has a firm technical sense它有一個明確的技術意義 a tractable problem is one that can actually be solved or computed within reasonable limits指的是可以在合理範圍內真正被解出來或算出來的問題

You will meet the negative 'intractable' far more often than this word itself.

You will meet the negative 'intractable'你會遇到否定形intractable far more often than this word itself遠比這個字本身還要常見