单词 | doable |
释义 | doable (once / 40898 pages) adj Something that's doable can be achieved or is possible. You might be certain your plan to ride your bike across the country is doable, while your friends and family aren't so sure. Learning to speak a new language might feel impossible at first, but you'll soon realize it's doable, especially if you find people to practice speaking with. While keeping 200 cats in your house would be utterly unworkable, keeping two cats is completely doable. Though the adjective doable has been in use since the 15th century, today it's considered to be an informal word. WORD FAMILYdoable: doabler+/do: did, doable, doer, does, doing, done, doth, overdo/doer: doers/doing: doings/done: doner, overdone, underdone, undone/overdo: overdid, overdoing USAGE EXAMPLESFinding tickets to the game at prices that won’t require a second mortgage is actually rather doable to this point. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) “It’s not like it’s not doable, but you look through past years, that one’s a tough order.” Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016) “Whether that is doable is a separate question.” Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) adj capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do Syn accomplishable, achievable, manageable, realizable possible capable of happening or existing |
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