| 单词 | able |
| 释义 | able (eɪbəl ) Word forms: abler (eɪbləʳ ), ablest (eɪblɪst ) 1. be able to phrase A2 If you are able to do something, you have skills or qualities which make it possible for you to do it. The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal. The company say they're able to keep pricing competitive. They seemed able to work together very efficiently. 2. be able to phrase A2 If you are able to do something, you have enough freedom, power, time, or money to do it. You'll be able to read in peace. Have you been able to have any kind of contact? It would be nice to be able to afford to retire earlier. 3. adjective Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something. ...one of the brightest and ablest members of the government. They are bright, intelligent, able and confident. Synonyms: capable, experienced, fit, fitted -able (-əbəl ) suffix -able combines with verbs to form adjectives. Adjectives formed in this way describe someone or something that can have a particular thing done to them. For example, if something is avoidable, it can be avoided. These injuries were avoidable. He was an admirable chairman. Collocations: barely able to Within another few days he is lying on the ground, exhausted and barely able to move, as clots form in blood vessels throughout his body. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Amid a sea of tears, they hugged - barely able to comprehend the evil that happened just a few yards away. The Sun (2009) It was when she returned to hospital barely able to breathe that the cancer was diagnosed. The Sun (2013) Find supermarket shopping almost impossible now, barely able to walk let alone push a trolley so did my first internet shop last night. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2002) Forced from her home by the civil war, she lived almost penniless in temporary camps barely able to find enough food. Times, Sunday Times (2011) On a range of negative qualities, they judged themselves as better able to deal with pressure than fellow refs, less anxious and less apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times (2013) With fewer worries about new bad debts, the banks would be better able to handle the existing ones. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The new computer system is better able to reconcile tax due with that actually paid. Computing (2010) When we admit that about ourselves, we're better able to understand the foibles of others. Christianity Today (2000) Some amputees are better able to form a mental image of the movement of a missing limb. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Perhaps she chose to and was financially able to do so. The Sun They should consider some savings plans once they are financially able to do so. Times, Sunday Times Some financially able recruits had used the bounty system to buy their way out of service (called commutation), which he considered reprehensible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But if a city was both financially able and willing, it should rebuild itself with modern traffic in mind. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She had taken in boarders as a means of income, but found she needed to do something else to remain financially able. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 能 Japanese: ･･･ができる |
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