| 单词 | manageable |
| 释义 | manageable (once / 2300 pages) adj If you can handle something, it's manageable. An overworked college student might decide to drop a horrible chemistry class to make the semester more manageable. Anything that you can accomplish can be described with the adjective manageable. It's also used in a slightly different way, to talk about something that can be controlled, like a tamed lion or a smooth and tidy head of hair. The earliest use of the root word "manage" related specifically to controlling a horse, influenced by the French word for "horsemanship," manège. WORD FAMILYmanageable: manageability, manageableness, manageably, unmanageable+/manage: manageable, managed, management, manager, manages, managing, mismanage/management: managements/manager: managerial, managers, managership/managerial: managerially/managership: managerships/mismanage: mismanaged, mismanagement, mismanages, mismanaging/mismanagement: mismanagements/unmanageable: unmanageableness, unmanageably USAGE EXAMPLESThe truth is that permanent weight loss requires a subtle, manageable set of skills which likely vary from person to person. New York Times(May 02, 2016) Another 3 by Nurse, and the seemingly manageable morphed into the unforgiving reality of Connecticut, 25 months and counting. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The breaches mainly represent a new form of crime whose costs are exasperating but manageable. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj capable of being managed or controlled Syn|Ant compliant disposed or willing to comply administrablecapable of being administered or managed controllable, governablecapable of being controlled directedmanageable by a supervising agent dirigible, steerablecapable of being steered or directed obedientdutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) difficult, unmanageable hard to control defiant, noncompliantboldly resisting authority or an opposing force indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyof persons uncheckableincapable of being checked or restrained disobedientnot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold 2adj capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do Syn accomplishable, achievable, doable, realizable possible capable of happening or existing |
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