彈性

據調查顯示，香港的上市公司在企業社會責任方面較新加坡和馬來西亞落後。很多公司的貢獻較為短期，較少作出長期貢獻，如培訓職員及給與彈性工作時間。Many adopt relatively short-term corporate social responsibility practices, but offer fewer long-term contributions such as staff training and flexible working hours。9月10日馬季開鑼，新制度將會容許馬會採取更有彈性的博彩安排。The system will allow the club to come up with more flexible betting arrangements。

Flexible是「彈性、靈活、變通」的意思，例子：We need a foreign policy that is flexible是「我們需要一個靈活的外交政策」，I have a very flexible arrangement with my employer是「僱主給我的安排十分靈活」。它的相反詞是 Inflexible，例如英文報章社論批評The typhoon numbering system is inflexible是「颱風警告系統缺乏彈性」。