| 单词 | inoperable |
| 释义 | inoperable (once / 55231 pages) 1adj 2adj An inoperable condition is one that can't be fixed through surgery. If someone's diagnosed with inoperable cancer, it means that an operation would not be helpful. Many kinds of cancer can be treated at least partly through surgery, but those that can't are inoperable. Another way to use this adjective is to mean "not working." If your computer is inoperable, it won't turn on, and if your fireplace is inoperable, you can't actually light a fire in it. Operable, "able to be used," comes from operate, which has a Latin root, operari, "to work." The prefix in- means "not." WORD FAMILYinoperable: inoperably+/interoperable: interoperability/operable: inoperable, interoperable/operate: operable, operated, operates, operating, operation, operative, operator/operation: operational, operations/operational: nonoperational, operationalism, operationally/operationalism: operationalist/operative: inoperative, operatively, operatives, postoperative, preoperative/operator: operators/postoperative: postoperatively USAGE EXAMPLESIn some cases vehicles were delivered but were inoperable. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Shamoon overwrites computer files in order to render machines inoperable as it spreads from device to device. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) In February, Addison was diagnosed with DIPG, a rare kind of inoperable brain cancer that mostly strikes kids ages 5 to 9. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1 adj not suitable for surgery 2metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable Ant operable capable of being treated by surgical operation adj not able to perform its normal function Syn unserviceable not ready for service |
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