tolerable
tolerable 英 [ˈtɒlərəbl] 美 [ˈtɑlərəbl]
adj. 可忍受的；可容忍的
a tolerable degree of success 说得过去的成功
At times, the heat was barely tolerable. 有时天气炎热得几乎令人难以忍受。
- Something that's tolerable is something you're able to live with. The best thing you can say about sleeping in a tent with your younger siblings might be that it's tolerable.
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- adj. 可忍受的；可容忍的
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1. a tolerable degree of success
说得过去的成功
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2. At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
有时天气炎热得几乎令人难以忍受。
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3. He plays the piano tolerably well.
他钢琴弹得还算不错。
- tolerable (adj.) early 15c., "bearable," from Middle French tolerable (14c.) and directly from Latin tolerabilis "that may be endured, supportable, passable," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Meaning "moderate, middling, not bad" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Tolerably.
tol·er·able / ˈtɒlərəbl ; NAmE ˈtɑːlərəbl / adjective ( formal) 1 fairly good, but not of the best quality 尚好的；过得去的；还可以的 SYN reasonable ◆ a tolerable degree of success 说得过去的成功 2 that you can accept or bear, although unpleasant or painful 可接受的；可忍受的；可容忍的 SYN bearable ◆ At times, the heat was barely tolerable. 有时天气炎热得几乎令人难以忍受。 OPP intolerable ▶ tol·er·ably / ˈtɒlərəbli ; NAmE ˈtɑːlərəbli / adverb ◆ He plays the piano tolerably (well). 他钢琴弹得还算不错。 tol·er·able / ˈtɒlərəbl ; NAmE ˈtɑːlərəbl / tol·er·ably / ˈtɒlərəbli ; NAmE ˈtɑːlərəbli /
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