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单词 tolerable
释义
tolerable
adjective
uk
/ˈtɒl.ər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈtɑː.lɚ.ə.bəl/
of aqualitythat isacceptable,althoughcertainlynot good:
可忍受的，过得去的
Attheirbesttheconditionsin theseprisonsarebarelytolerable.即使在最好的时候，这些监狱里的条件也让人难以忍受。
For me it'sfriendshipsthat makelifetolerable.对我而言，是友谊才使生活尚且过得去。
Synonym
bearable
Opposites
intolerable
unbearable
unendurableformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
good enough but not excellent
  • acceptableYour essay was acceptable, but I think you could have done better.
  • reasonableThey have a reasonable chance of winning.
  • adequateThe law provides adequate compensation for robbery victims.
  • passableI speak passable Spanish.
  • will doIt's not perfect, but it'll do.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
  • acceptable
  • adequacy
  • adequate
  • adequately
  • agreeable
  • fair
  • iffy
  • impure
  • indifferent
  • indifferently
  • kind
  • pass
  • patchiness
  • patchy
  • raggedly
  • raggedness
  • reasonable
  • rose
  • rough
  • scratch
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(Definition oftolerablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tolerable| American Dictionary

tolerable
adjective
us
/ˈtɑl·ər·ə·bəl/
of aqualitythat isacceptablebut notwonderful:
Ajobin athemeparkis tolerable only if you’reyoung.
(Definition oftolerablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftolerable

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The first treatment wastolerable, but predictably each treatment became more difficult.
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Such enhancement and fulfillment go beyond merely securing the minima that make one's life more thantolerableand susceptible to active identification.
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The practical question therefore is, how we can attain atolerableapproximation to such a solution.
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The tradeoff would be quitetolerable, as any soup kitchen attendant, for example, would readily confirm.
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This calculation inevitably introduces an element of inaccuracy, but there is evidence that it remains withintolerablelimits, as the following example demonstrates.
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Teachers are shown to recognize such inequities but to consider them temporar y andtolerable.
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The participants hoped that in old age they would be happy and peaceful, or at least would find lifetolerable.
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But subjectively, the hardening and rationalizing make the misery moretolerable.
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At the household level, remittances make the difference between poverty and atolerablestandard of living.
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The aim should be to achieve a reduction in fit frequency totolerablelevels without unacceptable drug side-effects.
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However, scope reconfigurations may be so infrequent in practice that this istolerablefor medium-size systems.
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The resulting constant pressures and demoralizing environment extinguish many courtesies and kindnesses that make human lifetolerable.
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After all, the patient's experiential condition istolerableif not actually pleasant, and drug euphoria eliminates competency.
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Due to numeric-intensive nature of such analytical operations, only smaller sets of training examples can be produced over reasonablytolerableamounts of time.
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While certain inequalities may seemtolerable, others are blatantly unjust.
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