| 单词 | presentable |
| 释义 | presentable (once / 4858 pages) adj When someone is presentable, they're clean and tidy and generally pulled together. They're prepared for interacting with other people. When you first roll out of bed in the morning, you rarely feel very presentable. Before you head off to school or work, you'll want to glance in the mirror to make sure you're somewhat presentable. For some of us, this means a shower, a hair dryer, makeup, and carefully chosen clothing, while for others it means trading pajamas for a comfortable pair of jeans. Since the early 1800s, presentable has meant "appearing suitable" or "fit to be seen." Before that, it had a purely legal meaning, "liable to be charged with wrongdoing." WORD FAMILYpresentable: presentably, unpresentable+/presence: presences/present: presence, presentable, presentation, presented, presenter, presenting, presently, presentment, presentness, presents/presentation: presentational, presentations/presenter: presenters/presentment: presentments/unpresentable: unpresentably USAGE EXAMPLES“He wanted to look presentable at the bank,” Atwood explained. Los Angeles Times(Nov 12, 2016) He has to confront what it means to make a suit for a man that he finds repellent and make him more presentable and attractive. Los Angeles Times(Oct 28, 2016) “I am presentable, but it’s like Nick says: The moment I come in, it’s sweatpants, make-up off, huge crazed Afro.” New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) adj fit to be seen presentable clothes Syn respectable characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals |
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