| 单词 | acceptable |
| 释义 | acceptable (ækseptəbəl ) 1. adjective B1+ Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal. Is it acceptable for fans to boo their own side? [+ for] The air pollution exceeds most acceptable levels by 10 times or more. acceptability (ækseptəbɪlɪti ) uncountable noun ...a greater acceptability of other accents. [+ of] Synonyms: adequacy, fitness, suitability, propriety acceptably (ækseptəbli ) adverb The aim of discipline is to teach children to behave acceptably. Synonyms: pleasantly, delightfully, agreeably, pleasingly 2. adjective B1+ If something is acceptable to someone, they agree to consider it, use it, or allow it to happen. They are working together to produce a plan that will be acceptable to all of them. [+ to] They recently failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract. 3. adjective B1+ If you describe something as acceptable, you mean that it is good enough or fairly good. On the far side of the street was a restaurant that looked acceptable. We've made an acceptable start, but it could've been better. acceptably adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] ...a method that provides an acceptably accurate solution to a problem. These exercises will result in your being able to hit the ball quite acceptably. Synonyms: pleasantly, delightfully, agreeably, pleasingly Synonyms: adequately, satisfactorily, tolerably, passably Collocations: acceptable alternative After repeated protests from nationalists, and after the university's search for a universally acceptable alternative failed, it was decided this year to omit the anthem. Christianity Today Windows that are painted shut are not considered an acceptable alternative. Times, Sunday Times Wind turbines and solar farms are not an acceptable alternative. Times, Sunday Times I try to give an acceptable alternative. Christianity Today Doing nothing isn't an acceptable alternative. Houston Chronicle An acceptable answer would be to describe a train and a bicycle as forms of transport; an unacceptable one would be to say they both had wheels. Times, Sunday Times That's really the only acceptable answer. Times, Sunday Times Yes and no are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. The Sun Acceptable answers that are proper nouns using alliteration score one point for each word using the letter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Teachers can set expectations, time, kinds of tasks, questions, acceptable answers, and type of discussions that will influence students' opportunity to learn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This is not acceptable behaviour from a practising barrister. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The point here again is that the dog must learn that only acceptable behaviour is rewarded. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002) We consider all of this conduct unacceptable and urge you to remind your members about what should be considered acceptable behaviour. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And the social networking sites should be keeping an eye on less than acceptable behaviour. The Sun (2012) That cost us track position, but it was an acceptable compromise. Times, Sunday Times Her best route to power would be to emerge quietly as the acceptable compromise candidate. Times, Sunday Times They would make it very difficult for any new leader to bind up the wounds, fashion an acceptable compromise or command the confidence of the electorate. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, many chamber orchestras have found a more than acceptable compromise, using vibrato, but simply reducing their forces to the size of the period in which the music was written. Times, Sunday Times According to subsequent news articles, members have widely regarded the additional privacy options as an acceptable compromise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were times when he stretched the boundaries of acceptable conduct to the limit. Times, Sunday Times He will be asked to account for how his heritage could lead to behaviour perceived as 'a violation of workplace standards of acceptable conduct'. Times, Sunday Times A behaviour code will be established to give those who work in parliament clear guidance on what constitutes acceptable conduct. Times, Sunday Times He said he never offered an acceptable explanation for opening fire. Times, Sunday Times Could there be an acceptable explanation for the lack of stoppage time in these games? Times, Sunday Times The court held further, on the facts, that the plaintiff had furnished an acceptable explanation of how the mistake in the transfer had arisen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Money's too tight to mention these days, but how did man decide what would be an acceptable means of payment when trading goods? The Sun Individuals turn to metal thievery to support themselves when more legitimate, or socially acceptable means of earning an income are not open to them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Innovators accept society's goals, but reject socially acceptable means of achieving them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The court ultimately condoned zoning as an acceptable means of community regulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he hoped to emerge from the conference with a 'common sense of what the acceptable norm of behaviour in cyberspace' ought to be. Times, Sunday Times Gallant failure had been the acceptable norm. Times, Sunday Times Give them proper information about the acceptable norm, plus a gentle push in the right direction, and they will change behaviour of their own accord. Times, Sunday Times He used it to designate behavior outside socially acceptable norms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Implicating the effect of developing acceptable norms in groups. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Would she be as relaxed with illiteracy being an acceptable outcome of our school system? Times, Sunday Times E-mails and phone calls have not provided an acceptable outcome. Times, Sunday Times The development of the town, extension and organization of the riverbank and railway development required a high measure of co-ordination in order to produce an acceptable outcome. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the absence of just cause, provide reasonable notice within the acceptable range applicable in the circumstances. Globe and Mail The hosts must choose a random value within an acceptable range to ensure that this situation doesn't happen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Changing the acceptable range to 97 to 103 units would remove the potential contribution of all of the standards and preserve a 3.3:1 ratio. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The accommodation life support system maintains the chamber environment within the acceptable range for health and comfort of the occupants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The opacity level of the jathropa blends was in an acceptable range, where traditional diesel was out of acceptable standards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What do you recommend as a socially acceptable response? Times, Sunday Times Well, apparently, and according to a recent survey of 5,000 adults, the old stalwarts of 'get a grip' and 'pull yourself together' are deemed the least acceptable response. Times, Sunday Times If that contestant also fails to give an acceptable response, the third contestant can eliminate the previous two in the same manner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Usually, to provide acceptable response, smoothness of power delivery, and adequate power gain over a single-compressor system, expensive electronic and/or mechanical controls must be used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many music teachers would caution students about taking no pain, no gain as an acceptable response from their music teacher regarding a complaint of physical pain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Precisely for that reason, the drink-drive alcohol limit ought to be seen to be fair and within the limits of acceptable risk. Times, Sunday Times Space agency managers accept that it could be dangerous, but class the flaw as an 'acceptable risk'. Times, Sunday Times Though dangerous, those games carry an acceptable risk. Times, Sunday Times He calmly stated on the radio that this was not an acceptable risk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, taking a chance on a series that defied conventional formats and easy categorization was an acceptable risk to the network. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The memo told staff the company had enjoyed very productive negotiations with its banks, increasing his confidence that an acceptable solution could be reached. Times, Sunday Times Initially the ombudsman will mediate in an effort to reach a mutually acceptable solution. Times, Sunday Times But the only acceptable solution - abolition - barely got a look in. The Sun Under its terms any decision that affected 'a very important national interest' would be deferred until a unanimously acceptable solution was found. Times, Sunday Times It said that 'the only acceptable solution to this safety vulnerability' was to redesign the flawed component in the engine. Times, Sunday Times This was backed by most people who agreed that the acceptable standard of education should be 'good'. Times, Sunday Times Rather than settling on a global hourly minimum, the company says that an acceptable standard should be set locally. Times, Sunday Times A study found that in 2011-12, households with income below an acceptable standard increased by 900,000 from 2008-2009. Times, Sunday Times Much to my surprise it replied the next day, saying that it agreed that the service offered was not up to an acceptable standard, for which it apologised. Times, Sunday Times She said that there was still sufficient evidence of 'poor driving below the acceptable standard' to bring a prosecution and that experts could not find any defects with the car. Times, Sunday Times By the early twentieth century, reinforced concrete became an acceptable substitute in construction for all previous structural materials, such as stone, wood, and steel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In conclusion, the rapid absorption of nicotine from snuff confirms its potential as an acceptable substitute for smoking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Free-range eggs are considered by some advocates to be an acceptable substitute to factory-farmed eggs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He felt defeated by music but found art to be an acceptable substitute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the absence of hair on the head, body hair can be used as an acceptable substitute. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The suspension was a response to the printing unions' refusal to admit computers into the production process under commercially acceptable terms. Times, Sunday Times But they appear to be struggling to agree acceptable terms. Times, Sunday Times Iron out your differences and agree acceptable terms that work for the both of you. The Sun Until recently, the fear was that existing borrowers keen to remortgage this year would be unable to do so on acceptable terms. Times, Sunday Times It added that 'there can be no assurance that the company will be able to reach agreement on acceptable terms or at all'. Times, Sunday Times Providing myself with a special parking space, a better computer, or nicer furniture would be culturally acceptable. Christianity Today All persons in a community having access to culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate food through local, non-emergency sources at all times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Water fluoridation, when feasible and culturally acceptable, has substantial advantages, especially for subgroups at high risk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These courts are less expensive, easily accessible and culturally acceptable as compared to the formal court system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In sum, though, the idea was that the mlecchas were peoples who did not conform to what was culturally acceptable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new coal-fired power stations are environmentally acceptable and efficient, producing enormous outputs of electricity, shaming wind farms. Times, Sunday Times These methods are not environmentally acceptable because of the leachability of cyanides and fluorides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another important advantage of biocatalysts are that they are environmentally acceptable, being completely degraded in the environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hydraulic hammers are more environmentally acceptable than the older, less efficient hammers as they generate less noise and pollutants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The broad management options for re-use are direct injection, environmentally acceptable direct-use of untreated water, or treatment to a government-issued standard before disposal or supply to users. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We can proceed with caution, pursuing ethically acceptable lines of research while eschewing research that raises impossibly knotty ethical questions. Christianity Today (2000) Is it ethically acceptable for a doctor to give his patients sugar pills and tell them they are potent drugs? PLACEBO: The Belief Effect (2003) To make transplants clinically feasible, this field needs a source of histocompatible, ethically acceptable and non-tumorgenic cells. 2015, 'Cell replacement therapy for central nervous system diseases', Neural Regeneration Research Those were not good reasons for holding that the claimant's detention and confinement had been within generally acceptable standards of the conduct of ordinary citizens and thus lawful. Times, Sunday Times It highlighted a number of areas that needed improving, though it said that overall the blueprint for the new stadium was 'generally acceptable'. Times, Sunday Times It was generally acceptable for visitors to do symbolic embrace with the master and mistress of the house under the bough. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Accordingly, only those restrictions are generally acceptable, which serve the public interest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its performance was good, reaching a speed of, but, although handling was generally acceptable, the aircraft was found to have poor horizontal stability at low speeds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But as time passed and home-schooling became more popular and legally acceptable it was taken up as the darling cause of the evangelical movement. Times, Sunday Times While we had concerns about his premises, conditions had been to a legally acceptable level at our last visit. The Sun Governments need an outstanding lawyer at the centre to ensure that their decisions are legally acceptable, and yet that closeness can lead to allegations of impropriety. Times, Sunday Times However, like so many of his campaigns, no substantial legally acceptable evidence was ever produced. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, there was no legally acceptable evidence to prove that any of the accused presented before the court had committed the crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Are bank bonuses of millions of pounds ever morally acceptable? Times, Sunday Times It's a morally acceptable take on a taboo. Times, Sunday Times Is it morally acceptable to remove human interaction from the care of older people if it enables them to live in their own homes longer? Times, Sunday Times Is it morally acceptable to run into the corners, to pass back to the goalkeeper, to delay throw-ins and goal kicks to the last legally permitted second? Times, Sunday Times The former involves investing only in areas or companies that you find morally acceptable. Times, Sunday Times Initially the ombudsman will mediate in an effort to reach a mutually acceptable solution. Times, Sunday Times If the government cannot agree mutually acceptable common standards then such exports could face restrictions and delays, possibly resulting in some companies relocating. Times,Sunday Times The aim was to reach a mutually acceptable definition of the limits of tolerance. Times, Sunday Times Decide now to compare notes often, and instead of facing disruptive last-minute surprises, should any differences surface, you can work out a mutually acceptable approach then and there. Times, Sunday Times Hydrographers aim to produce a common map and single set of data from which a mutually acceptable border can be established. Times, Sunday Times Then, during the angry spending spree, he called with a perfectly acceptable excuse. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It is perfectly acceptable to risk your (normal) contract for an overtrick. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It's perfectly acceptable to cite work, home and other previously arranged commitments as reasons for your unavailability. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Body control through corners is fine and high-speed cruising comfort is perfectly acceptable. Times, Sunday Times (2006) In Barry's absence she had delicately suggested an exit from the kitchen window on to some perfectly acceptable roof tiles. AN OLDER WOMAN (2002) When the council opened galleries for its own politically acceptable artists, new commercial galleries sprang up to harvest their commercial potential. Times, Sunday Times They are likely to be incremental, pragmatic and taken in politically acceptable degrees. Times, Sunday Times To some extent it's much more politically acceptable to go to football matches. Times, Sunday Times This gentle pace may be politically acceptable but environmentally disastrous. Times, Sunday Times The measure could be made politically acceptable by promising to direct the tax dividend to health and social care spending. Times, Sunday Times He maintained good relations with the media through his career - one colleague called him 'the publicly acceptable, confident face of policing'. Times, Sunday Times After the war, the bigotry so casually displayed in the 1930s was no longer publicly acceptable. The Times Literary Supplement Shoplifting was more publicly acceptable. Times, Sunday Times The technology's inventors suggest harnessing solar power from roads will be a more publicly acceptable way of producing green energy than large solar farms. Times, Sunday Times The system could allow high-speed trains to operate without drivers, but the industry believes that it will be many years before this becomes publicly acceptable. Times, Sunday Times He bankrolls her upgraded wardrobe and makeover, and suddenly she's socially acceptable. Times,Sunday Times Newcomers also got up at the socially acceptable time. Times, Sunday Times For now, alcohol remains our socially acceptable lubricant. Times, Sunday Times Their intellect, hyperactivity, little need of sleep, and vitality (provided these qualities remain within socially acceptable limits) can be the foundation of a successful career. Times, Sunday Times Ultimately, one spends so long jazzhandsing up some socially acceptable performance that one can no longer ascertain one's nature from the layers of protective nurture. Times, Sunday Times To me that has been a totally acceptable ratio. Times, Sunday Times But it has become totally acceptable to vilify working class people. The Sun Our favourite clothing category: totally acceptable for the office this month. Times, Sunday Times It appears that all that was once illegal has now become totally acceptable: lifting in the lineout, scrabbling about on the ground, and detaching from the scrum being some examples. Times, Sunday Times And yet it's totally acceptable; rewarded even. Times, Sunday Times After repeated protests from nationalists, and after the university's search for a universally acceptable alternative failed, it was decided this year to omit the anthem. Christianity Today It should embody only the most fundamental, uncontroversial and universally acceptable values. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If it were universally acceptable to lie, then no one would believe anyone and all truths would be assumed to be lies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many service businesses also send cards to their customers in this season, usually with a universally acceptable non-religious message such as happy holidays or season's greetings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 可接受的 Japanese: 受け入れられる |
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