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单词 admirable
释义 ad·mi·ra·ble
I. \ˈadm(ə)rəbəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin admirabilis, from admirari to admire + -abilis -able — more at admire
1. obsolete : worthy of being marveled at : wonderful, surprising
 < it seemeth equally admirable to me, that holy king Henry the Sixth should do any wrong, or harsh Edward the Fourth do any right to the muses — Thomas Fuller >
2. : capable of exciting wonder united with approbation : deserving the highest esteem
 < a record of a long, varied, and admirable career in the Foreign Service — R.H.Rovere >
3. : excellent 3
 < he is in many ways an admirable and even estimable figure — Irving Howe >
 < his taste was impeccable, his health admirable — Virginia Woolf >
admirableness noun -es
admirably adverb
II. adverb
obsolete : admirably
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