passable

英 [ˈpɑːsəbl]

美 [ˈpæsəbl]

adj.  过得去的; 尚可的; 通行无阻

BNC.19299 / COCA.21468

牛津词典

adj.

• 过得去的；尚可的
  fairly good but not excellent
• 通行无阻
  if a road or a river is passable , it is not blocked and you can travel along or across it

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 合格的；过得去的；尚可的
  If something is apassableeffort or ofpassablequality, it is satisfactory or quite good.
  1. Stan puffed out his thin cheeks in a passable imitation of his dad...
     斯坦鼓起瘦瘦的脸颊，像模像样地模仿着他的爸爸。
  2. Ms Campbell speaks passable French.
     坎贝尔女士法语说得还算可以。
• ADJ （道路）尚可通行的
  If a road ispassable, it is not completely blocked, and people can still use it.
  1. The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.
     机场公路今天一周来第一次可以通行。
  2. ...muddy mountain roads that are barely passable.
     几乎无法通行的泥泞山路

英英释义

adj

• able to be passed or traversed or crossed
  1. the road is passable
• about average
  1. more than adequate as a secretary
  Synonym:adequatefair to middlingtolerable

双语例句

• They make passable sandals out of old car tyres.
  他们用旧的汽车轮胎做还算过得去的凉鞋。
• If you don't have a passable handshake, you probably won't get the job, or the deal done.
  如果你在握手这一关上过不去，你很有可能得不到（你应聘的）工作，或者谈不成交易。
• He has a passable knowledge of english.
  他的英语（知识）还可以。
• She has a passaBle knowledge of history.
  她的历史知识还可以。
• The mountain roads are not passable until late spring.
  山路要到春季末期才能通行。
• We know that, with all the material wealth we have accumulated, we can live a passable, even a well-to-do life.
  我们知道，人类凭借业已积累起来的物质财富，早就可以过上一种过得去的、甚至是甚为富裕的生活。
• Not as good as ours, mind you, but they were passable.
  不过可不象我们做的那么好，马马虎虎吧。
• Passable answer: disguise a strength as a weakness.
  参考回答：把一个有点说成是缺点。
• The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.
  机场公路今天一周来第一次可以通行。
• Her English pronunciation is passable.
  她的英语发音还说得过去。