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词汇 passable
释义 passable
adjective
uk /ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/ us /ˈpæs.ə.bəl/

passableadjective (GO PAST)


possible to travel on: 可通行的,能通过的
Because of the heavy snow, roads in the area were passable only with care.因为下大雪,这一地区的道路在通行时必须很小心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Roads & routes in general
adopt
adopted
ascent
bicycle lane/path
bike lane
dead end
detour
exit
impassable
lane
milk round
multi-lane
roadworks
route
RR
shortcut
skid marks
switchback
toll road
tollway

passableadjective (OKAY)


satisfactory but not excellent: 过得去的,尚可的
Mary can speak passable Russian.玛丽的俄语说得还算可以。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

good enough but not excellent
acceptableYour essay was acceptable, but I think you could have done better.
reasonableThey have a reasonable chance of winning.
adequateThe law provides adequate compensation for robbery victims.
passableI speak passable Spanish.
will doIt's not perfect, but it'll do.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Quite good, or not very good
acceptable
acceptably
adequacy
adequate
adequately
goodish
government
half decent
iffy
impure
passably
patchily
patchiness
patchy
presentably
scratch
spotty
the/your average bearidiom
up to scratchidiom
weedy

passable | American Dictionary


passable
adjective
us/ˈpæs·ə·bəl/

passableadjective (DOING WELL)


satisfactory but not excellent:
Angie can speak passable Russian.

passableadjective (GOING PAST)


able to be traveled on or through:
It’s snowing, but the roads are passable.

Examples of passable


passable
Passable roads are required, which provide access to school and the workplace.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Even when the road is passable, the round trip involves a journey of about four miles, with the consequent waste of time, labour and petrol.
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A coast road which is passable during eight months of the year already exists.
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The amount of money required to make them passable by decent traffic in time for next winter is phenomenal.
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Highway authorities may incur huge bills in repairing such ways to make them passable to all classes of user.
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Opening up access by repairing the road system and making the bridges passable again means that life can get back to something like normal.
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We all know that highways engineers' struggling to keep roads safe and passable is as much an art as a science.
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I am advised that the road is at all times passable and that one way traffic is confined to small sections.
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I understand that many base stations are already a passable imitation of street lights and antennae serving individual streets.
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Officials have their pensions and pay secured, not only when they are very good, but also when they are just passable.
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At the other two mills, the spinning was well below a passable standard.
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Eventually, however, one road became just passable with the right kind of vehicle.
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The first need was to ensure that the roads were passable for heavy civilian lorries.
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Under my noble friend's amendment, this section only is replaced by the test of being "reasonably passable".
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The desert is passable everywhere.
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