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tolerable

英 ['tɒl(ə)rəb(ə)l] 美['tɑlərəbl]
  • adj. 可以的;可容忍的

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副词: tolerably;

中文词源


tolerable 可容忍的

tolerate,容忍,-able,形容词后缀。

英英释意


1. able to be tolerated or endured;
"the climate is at least tolerable"
2. neither good nor bad;
"an indifferent performance"
"a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"
"her work at the office is passable"
"a so-so golfer"
"feeling only so-so"
"prepared a tolerable dinner"
"a tolerable working knowledge of French"

英文词源


tolerable (adj.)
early 15c., "bearable," from Middle French tolerable (14c.) and directly from Latin tolerabilis "that may be endured, supportable, passable," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Meaning "moderate, middling, not bad" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Tolerably.

实用场景例句


a tolerable degree of success
说得过去的成功

牛津词典

At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
有时天气炎热得几乎令人难以忍受。

牛津词典

He plays the piano tolerably (well).
他钢琴弹得还算不错。

牛津词典

The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual…
对疼痛的耐受程度因人而异,差别很大。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He described their living conditions as tolerable.
他把他们的生活条件描述为“尚可忍受”。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He fell asleep just past midnight with tolerable ease...
他刚过午夜就睡着了,睡得还算安稳。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Is there anywhere tolerable to eat in town?
城里有什么过得去的地方可以吃饭吗?

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
因此, 从某些方面来说, 有个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是相当有福气的.

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The food was just about tolerable, but what we intolerant of was their service.
食物还马马虎虎, 但是使我们无法容忍的是他们的服务.

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She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
她还可以, 但还没有漂亮到能打动我的心.

辞典例句

She could bear the disappointments of other people with tolerable fortitude.
她相当地坚忍,能够忍受他人的令人失望的地方.

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We a very tolerable lunch.
我们吃了顿很不错的午饭.

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It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity.
幸亏吉英临事从容不迫,柔和镇定,好容易才忍受了这些谗言诽语.

辞典例句

Sensitive varieties of wheat were better than tolerable ones in efficiency of aluminum detoxification.
有机酸解铝毒的效果因小麦品种而异,其中敏感小麦优于抗性小麦.

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People will oppose some of these policies. But mass starvation is not a tolerable option.
人们会反对其中一些政策, 但大范围饥荒不是一个可以容忍的选择.

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This tiny defect is tolerable, don't make such a fuss over it.
这点小疵没有大碍, 你不要小题大做.

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Five minutes, like a 1 per cent increase in the price level, is more tolerable.
而5分钟的时间, 就像价格上1%的升幅, 更容易承受.

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In August the heat is barely tolerable.
8月的炎热让人难以忍受.

《简明英汉词典》

Although sometimes tolerable and forgivable, taking a mistress is regarded as immoral in all countries.
尽管人们对包二奶有时能够容忍和原谅, 但在所有国家,人们都认为养情妇是不道德的.

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He wrote to both with tolerable frequency.
他和他们通信,相当频繁.

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She is in tolerable health.
她身体还算健康.

《简明英汉词典》

A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
从某些方面来说, 有一个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是相当有福气的.

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There are many more options so you can find something that is tolerable, " Turgeon says . "
可 供选择 的方法还有很多, 总有一些是可以接受的.

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The pain was severe, but tolerable.
疼痛剧烈, 但尚能忍受.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

By these and other means he had managed to lay by a tolerable sum of money.
通过这种那种方法,他设法攒下了一笔还过得去的积蓄.

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After such interference coordination, the adjacent interference will be normally tolerable.
因此,在一般情况下, 邻星干扰是可以容忍的.

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To the teenagers, if you give any tolerable quarter , you will indulge them.
宽容青少年就是纵容他们.

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After hearing the touching story, she thought the boy's absence was tolerable.
听完这个动人的故事后, 她认为男孩的缺席可以原谅.

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