flexibility;elasticity;elastic strength 弹簧失去了~。The spring has lost its elasticity./~工资flexible pay/~工作时间flexible working hours/~就业flexible employment/~条款elastic clause/~需求elastic demand/~外交elastic (or flexible) diplomacy/~务实外交elastic pragmatic diplomacy/~退休年龄flexible retirement age /~工作时间制flexitime/~需求elastic demand/~因素elasticity factor