serviceable
英 ['s??v?s?b(?)l]
美['s?v?s?bl]
- adj. 有用的，可供使用的；耐用的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
serviceable 可用的
service,服務(wù)，-able,表能夠。引申詞義可用的。
英文詞源
- serviceable (adj.)
- "ready to do service," early 14c., from Old French servicable, from servise (see service (n.1)). Related: Serviceability.
Edgar: I know thee well: a serviceable villain,
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire.
["King Lear," IV.vi.]
雙語例句
- 1. The carpet is worn but still serviceable.
- 地毯舊了，但還能用。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Passports are frequently serviceable in proving the identity of the traveller.
- 護照往往可用來證明旅行者的身份.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. When this building is repaired, it will be serviceable.
- 這棟樓房修好后還可以住.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. A customer took a perfectly serviceable washing machine in for repair, only to be told it needed replacing.
- 一位顧客帶著一臺性能尚好的洗衣機來修，不料竟被告知該換洗衣機了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His Arabic was not as good as his English, but serviceable enough.
- 他的阿拉伯語沒有他的英語好，但是夠用了。
來自辭典例句