acceptable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that is acceptable.
    — The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas.
形容词 adj.
  1. Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
    — We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
  2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
    — The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.

词形变化

more acceptable comparative most acceptable superlative acceptible alternative,obsolete acceptables plural acceptible alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
acceptableness acceptably inacceptably nonacceptable
相关词
acceptability

词源

词源 1
From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).
Morphologically accept + -able.
词源 2
From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).
Morphologically accept + -able.
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