| 释义 |
helpable, a. rare.|ˈhɛlpəb(ə)l|
[f. help v. + -able.]
Capable of being helped or aided. Hence helpaˈbility, capacity of being helped.
1833J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 48, I believe I am the least helpable of mortals. 1887E. Gosse in Daily News 10 Mar. 3/3 The first thing to be done was to distinguish the helpable from the unhelpable author. 1891Charity Organis. Rev. Aug. 334 The main question was helpability. Ibid., To use the refuges for helpable cases. |