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

• Although by no means a cure, it goes a long way towards making the patient's life more tolerable.
  虽然并不能根治，但它对减轻病人的痛苦大有帮助。
• Is there anywhere tolerable to eat in town?
  城里有什么过得去的地方可以吃饭吗？
• We had a very tolerable ie excellent lunch.
  我们吃了顿很不错的午饭。
• 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。
• She could bear the disappointments of other people with tolerable fortitude.
  她以可容忍的坚忍不拔忍受别人的失落。
• 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。
• He described their living conditions as tolerable.
  他把他们的生活条件描述为“尚可忍受”。
• It makes it a lot more tolerable.
  让我觉得容易忍受点了。
• Vasan, who has tested the system on herself, said that volunteers find it tolerable.
  Vasan在自己身上测试了这个系统，她说志愿者觉得它是可以忍受的。