| 单词 | able |
| 释义 | able (once / 15 pages) adj If you're able to juggle, you'll go far in life. To be able is to have the skill, knowledge, or permission to do something. Able is an adjective that describes the ability to do a particular thing, like your friend who's able to ride a motorcycle and your dog that's able to roll over on command. It can also mean very skilled or capable, as when you describe your sister as an able tap dancer. Able comes from the Latin word habilis, "easily handled or apt." The h is silent in Latin, which led to it being dropped from the English able. WORD FAMILYable: ability, abler, ablest, ably, disable, enable, unable+/ability: abilities, inability/disability: disabilities/disable: disabled, disablement, disables, disabling/disabled: disability/disablement: disablements/disenable: disenabled, disenabling/enable: disenable, enabled, enables, enabling/inability: inabilities/unable: unablest, unably USAGE EXAMPLES“There’s just so many checks and balances, it just doesn’t surprise me that he got caught before this plane was able to leave the gate.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Negotiators were able to get the man to surrender shortly after 1 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The man was soon able to walk back up the hill to the roadway and await medical treatment. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something able to swim she was able to program her computer we were at last able to buy a car able to get a grant for the project Ant unable (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how 2adj have the skills and qualifications to do things well able teachers Syn capable competent properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient 3adj having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity able to learn human beings are able to walk on two feet Superman is able to leap tall buildings Syn capable (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability 4adj having a strong healthy body an able seaman every able-bodied young man served in the army Syn able-bodied fit physically and mentally sound or healthy |
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