| 单词 | available |
| 释义 | available (once / 141 pages) adj "Is this seat available?" "Are you available, or are you married?" As you can tell from these two examples, available means "not busy or not taken." Available can be used to describe anything that's ready to be used like a restaurant table or a theater seat. It can also be used to describe a person who is not involved in a romantic relationship: "Available singles use online dating websites." When you use a resource, like the school library, you can say that you "avail yourself to the research opportunities made available to students." No matter how you slice it, available means free for the taking. WORD FAMILYavailable: availability, availableness, availably, unavailable+/avail: available, availed, availing, avails/availability: availabilities/availing: unavailing/unavailable: unavailability/unavailing: unavailingly USAGE EXAMPLESCustoms and Border Patrol officials were not immediately available for comment. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) The tally will be available later in January. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The 4,000 tickets to the 31 July event at the cemetery will be available through a public ballot online at www.passchendaele100.org until 24 February. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service kept a fire extinguisher available much information is available through computers available in many colors the list of available candidates is unusually long Syn|Ant accessible easily obtained acquirablecapable of being acquired addressablecapable of being addressed easyless in demand and therefore readily obtainable forthcomingavailable when required or as promised getable, gettable, obtainable, procurablecapable of being obtained in stockavailable for use or sale lendableavailable for lending visiblepresent and easily available on handreadily available on tapavailable for immediate use on tap(of liquids) available by turning a tap opennot having been filled for sale, purchasableavailable for purchase ready(of especially money) immediately available unavailable not available or accessible or at hand inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchablenot capable of being obtained out of stocknot available for sale or use 2adj convenient for use or disposal the house is available after July 1 Syn usable, useable disposable free or available for use or disposition 3adj not busy; not otherwise committed he was not available for comment he was available and willing to accompany her Syn uncommitted free able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint |
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