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单词 tolerable
释义 tol·er·a·ble
I. \ˈtäl(ə)rəbəl, -älərb-, dial -äləb-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English tollerabill, from Latin tolerabilis, from tolerare to endure, put up with + -abilis -able — more at tolerate
1. : capable of being borne or endured : physically or morally supportable : bearable
 < a tolerable compromise can be worked out — P.E.James >
 < the task … of making life secure and tolerable for every class in the empire — John Buchan >
2.
 a. : meeting some minimum standard of acceptability : fit to be countenanced or permitted : allowable, sufferable
  < socially tolerable conduct >
  < there could be no tolerable apology for injustice — Oscar Handlin >
  < a tolerable paragraph must have gone through six or seven versions — J.M.Barzun >
 b. : of moderate worth, excellence, or magnitude : fairly good : merely passable : mediocre, middling
  < the advantages of a tolerable income — William Black >
  < bring lunar and solar times into tolerable, though not exact, harmony — J.G.Frazer >
II. adverb
dialect : tolerably
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