单词 | passable |
释义 | passable (pɑːsəbəl , pæs- ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If something is a passable effort or of passable quality, it is satisfactory or quite good. Stan puffed out his thin cheeks in a passable imitation of his dad. Ms Campbell speaks passable French. passably (pɑːsəbli , pæs- ) adverb [usually ADVERB adjective/adverb, oft ADVERB after verb] She has always been quick to pick things up, doing passably well in school. Synonyms: fairly, rather, relatively, somewhat 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If a road is passable, it is not completely blocked, and people can still use it. The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week. ...muddy mountain roads that are barely passable. Synonyms: clear, open, navigable, unobstructed Collocations: barely passable A barely passable trip down nostalgia lane or a brand new adventure, depending on your age. The Sun The centre was largely empty, and reachable only by detours down barely passable dirt tracks. Times, Sunday Times Progress was slow: each exchange involved a journey up barely passable mountain roads by a go-between carrying a memory stick. Times, Sunday Times Roads are barely passable in the autumn rain, and around a third of the country lives in poverty. Times, Sunday Times Roads in the early protectorate were little more than tracks, barely passable in the wet season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the absence of a cable car, a chairlift, or even a passable road, the ski guides commandeered a donkey. Times, Sunday Times Upon inheriting the estate there was not one passable road within its boundaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were the first architects to build passable road in the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Passable roads were few and unreliable. Times, Sunday Times Several small settlements separated by distance and a lack of passable roads soon became small towns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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