英语词汇“sayable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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sayable in British English

(ˈseɪəbəl)

noun

anything that can be said or stated

adjective

capable of being said or uttered

capable of being said effectively

sayable in American English

(ˈseiəbəl)

adjective

of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable

He felt a great deal that was not sayable

capable of being said or stated clearly, effectively, etc

The speech is as sayable today as when Demosthenes first composed it

Word origin

[1855–60; say1 + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, lavabo, pickup, pipeline-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)

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But they soften the blow by distancing themselves from the persona saying the un-sayable.Why are some things sayable and doable and others aren't?

单词	sayable
释义	Trends of sayable View usage for: sayable in British English (ˈseɪəbəl) noun 1. anything that can be said or stated adjective 2. capable of being said or uttered 3. capable of being said effectively sayable in American English (ˈseiəbəl) adjective 1. of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable He felt a great deal that was not sayable 2. capable of being said or stated clearly, effectively, etc The speech is as sayable today as when Demosthenes first composed it Word origin [1855–60; say1 + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, lavabo, pickup, pipeline-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable) Examples of 'sayable' in a sentence sayable But they soften the blow by distancing themselves from the persona saying the un-sayable. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Why are some things sayable and doable and others aren't? Times, Sunday Times (2012)
随便看	to be old/young enough to do sth to be on a collision course to be on a committee to be on a diet to be on a good/modest salary to be on an even keel to be on antibiotics to be on a par with to be on a slippery slope to ruin/anarchy to be on a starvation diet to be on board ship to be on call to be on/come onto the market to be on course for ... to be on dinner duty to be on drugs to be one's own boss to be on familiar terms (with sb) to be on first-name terms to be on first-name terms (with sb) to be on good terms to be on good terms with sb to be on guard to be on hand to be on holiday

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