estimable
英 ['estɪməb(ə)l]
美['ɛstɪməbl]
- adj. 可估计的；可尊敬的；有价值的
助记提示
1. estimate => estim- + -able.
2. => valuable, estimable.
2. => valuable, estimable.
英英释意
- 1. deserving of respect or high regard
- 2. deserving of esteem and respect;
- "all respectable companies give guarantees"
- "ruined the family's good name"
- 3. may be computed or estimated;
- "a calculable risk"
- "computable odds"
- "estimable assets"
英文词源
- estimable (adj.)
- mid-15c., "capable of being estimated," from Old French estimable and directly from Latin aestimabilis "valuable, estimable," from aestimare (see esteem (v.)). Meaning "worthy of esteem" in English is from 1690s.
实用场景例句
- Repose of manner is an estimable trait in a horse.
- 神情镇定是一匹马可贵的特质.
辞典例句
- Winning is a good thing, but failure sometimes is also estimable.
- 胜利是可贵的, 而失败有时同样可敬!
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- You should not, of course, stop reading this estimable newspaper.
- 当然, 你不应该抛弃这份宝贝的报纸.
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- He was an estimable teacher.
- 他是个值得尊重的老师.
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- The estimable beast certainly deserved some consideration.
- 那么,能不能把它卖掉?
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