单词 | evitable |
释义 | evitableadj. That admits of being avoided; avoidable. (Now chiefly in negative contexts.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [adjective] > taking evasive action > evaded > that can be evitable1502 evadable1857 avoidable1859 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xix. sig. y.i By necessyte euytable or not. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 110 Wherefore necessity only, though it be evitable, is sufficient to procure a dispensation. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. ix. 15 Of two such euils being not both euitable, the choice of the lesse is not euill. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. i. sig. N7 How many evitable Mischiefs our own Appetites, or Vices, expose us to. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 31 So much evitable difficulty, so much fruitless expenditure is incurred by every new enterprize. 1836 A. Walker Beauty in Woman 36 The scarcely evitable consequence of great fortune..will ever be the ruin of the rich. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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