tolerable

英 [ˈtɒlərəbl]

美 [ˈtɑːlərəbl]

adj.  尚好的; 过得去的; 还可以的; 可接受的; 可忍受的; 可容忍的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 尚好的；过得去的；还可以的
  fairly good, but not of the best quality
  1. a tolerable degree of success
     说得过去的成功
• 可接受的；可忍受的；可容忍的
  that you can accept or bear, although unpleasant or painful
  1. At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
     有时天气炎热得几乎令人难以忍受。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可忍受的;可容忍的
  If you describe something astolerable, you mean that you can bear it, even though it is unpleasant or painful.
  1. The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual…
     对疼痛的耐受程度因人而异，差别很大。
  2. He described their living conditions as tolerable.
     他把他们的生活条件描述为“尚可忍受”。
• ADJ-GRADED 过得去的;还可以的
  If you describe something astolerable, you mean that it is fairly good and reasonably satisfactory, but not of the highest quality or standard.
  1. He fell asleep just past midnight with tolerable ease...
     他刚过午夜就睡着了，睡得还算安稳。
  2. Is there anywhere tolerable to eat in town?
     城里有什么过得去的地方可以吃饭吗？

英英释义

adj

• about average
  1. more than adequate as a secretary
  Synonym:adequatepassablefair to middling
• capable of being borne or endured
  1. the climate is at least tolerable

双语例句

• That is tolerable so long as sacrifices are equally shared and there are real opportunities for self-improvement.
  只要所有人都有自我牺牲精神，并且真的有自我改善的机会，这就是可以容忍的。
• However, they add, new effective and tolerable agents are needed to improve survival in older patients.
  他们补充说，而提高更大年龄患者的生存率还需要新的有效的相容的因子。
• After the announcement, yields on Italian and Spanish government bonds fell to far more tolerable levels.
  声明公布后，意大利和西班牙政府债券收益率下跌，跌到了人们更能容忍的水平。
• Fear of rapid social change made temporary acquiescence in slavery tolerable in the South.
  对飞速的社会变革的恐惧使得南部对奴隶制暂时的默许变得可以忍受。
• The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual
  对疼痛的耐受程度因人而异，差别很大。
• Some inequality is inevitable, and there seem to be three principal factors that make it more tolerable.
  某些不平等是不可避免的，其之所以更可容忍，似乎是因为下面三个主要因素。
• And inequality is more tolerable if its beneficiaries behave well.
  最后，如果不平等的受益者举止得当，人们对不平等的容忍度也会更高。
• The food was just about tolerable, but the service was appalling.
  菜还可以，但是服务太差了。
• We had a very tolerable ie excellent lunch.
  我们吃了顿很不错的午饭。
• Overall process of estimating the magnitude of risk and deciding whether or not the risk is tolerable.
  评价风险大小以及确定风险是否可容许的全过程。