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单词 eligible
释义 el·i·gi·ble
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_bəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin eligibilis, from Latin eligere to choose + -ibilis -ible — more at elect
1. : fitted or qualified to be chosen or used : entitled to something
 < only native-born citizens are eligible to the office of president >
 < eligible for benefits >
 < the book is not eligible for copyright in this country >
 < not eligible to play in the championship game >
 < anyone with an eligible craft … is invited to enter — Geneva J. Yockey >
2. : worthy to be chosen or selected : advantageous, preferable, desirable
 < recorded his wonder that so eligible a spot was not finally chosen — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
 < commenting upon the eligible circumstances of the paupers — G.E.Fussell >
 < had chosen this bright Sunday morning as eligible for churchgoing — George Eliot >
specifically : suitable or desirable for marriage
 < flirted with … all the bachelor squires who seemed eligible — W.M.Thackeray >
 < disappointed mothers of other more eligible damsels — Florence Bullock >
3. archaic : subject to choice or adoption : capable of being adopted : possible
 < the villainy and shallowness of rulers … are just as eligible to these states as to any foreign despotism — Walt Whitman >
II. noun
(-s)
: one that is eligible
 < I hope all the rest of the eligibles register too — A.E.Stevenson †1965 >
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