passable

英 [ˈpɑːsəbl]

美 [ˈpæsəbl]

adj.  过得去的; 尚可的; 通行无阻

BNC.19299 / COCA.21468

牛津词典

adj.

• 过得去的；尚可的
  fairly good but not excellent
• 通行无阻
  if a road or a river is passable , it is not blocked and you can travel along or across it

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 合格的；过得去的；尚可的
  If something is apassableeffort or ofpassablequality, it is satisfactory or quite good.
  1. Stan puffed out his thin cheeks in a passable imitation of his dad...
     斯坦鼓起瘦瘦的脸颊，像模像样地模仿着他的爸爸。
  2. Ms Campbell speaks passable French.
     坎贝尔女士法语说得还算可以。
• ADJ （道路）尚可通行的
  If a road ispassable, it is not completely blocked, and people can still use it.
  1. The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.
     机场公路今天一周来第一次可以通行。
  2. ...muddy mountain roads that are barely passable.
     几乎无法通行的泥泞山路

英英释义

adj

• able to be passed or traversed or crossed
  1. the road is passable
• about average
  1. more than adequate as a secretary
  Synonym:adequatefair to middlingtolerable

双语例句

• Because of the heavy snow, roads were passable only with care in parts of northern england.
  因为下大雪，英格兰北部有些地区的道路只有很小心才能通过。
• If you don't have a passable handshake, you probably won't get the job, or the deal done.
  如果你在握手这一关上过不去，你很有可能得不到（你应聘的）工作，或者谈不成交易。
• He has a passable knowledge of english.
  他的英语（知识）还可以。
• Passable answer: disguise a strength as a weakness.
  参考回答：把一个有点说成是缺点。
• The paper generally is poorly written, only the second part is passable.
  这篇论文写得不好，只有第二部分还差强人意。
• The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.
  机场公路今天一周来第一次可以通行。
• He's not a brilliant tennis-player but he's passable.
  他不是一个优秀的网球运动员，但还过得去。
• She had spent three months studying politics in the Soviet Union and could speak passable russian.
  她花了3个月的时间在苏联学习政治，说的俄语还对付得过去。
• He thinks the Japanese Neo-Perceptionist works "passable in style, but boring in content." This commentary can actually also be applied to the works by their Shanghai counterparts.
  他对日本新感觉派的评价是「只可看风格，内容无聊」，这事实上也点出了上海新感觉派的倾向。
• However, the actual registration of the unemployment of graduates is just passable.
  然而，毕业生失业登记的实际状况却差强人意。