used to express assent, agreement, or acceptance 好;可以(表示赞同、同意或接受) OK, I'll pass on your message. 好,我会替你传话。 OK, OK, I give in. 好,好,我认输。 ■used to introduce an utterance 那么(用于开始话语) ‘OK, let's go’. “那么,我们走吧。”。
adjective
[predic.]satisfactory but not exceptionally or especially good 可以的 the flight was OK. 那次飞行还可以。 ■(of a person) in a satisfactory physical or mental state (人的身体和精神状态)好的 are you okay, Ben?. 本,你还好吧?。 ■permissible; allowable 允许的;正当的 I'm not sure if it's OK to say that to a teacher. 我不确定是否可以对教师说那样的话。
adverb
in a satisfactory manner or to a satisfactory extent 可以地;令人满意地 the computer continues to work OK. 电脑一直运作得不错。
noun
[in sing.]an authorization or approval 许可;同意 do you know how long it takes for those pen-pushers to give us the OK?. 你知道那些耍笔杆的家伙要多久才能给我们许可吗?。
(OK's, OK'd, OK'ing)
[with obj.]sanction or give approval to 批准;同意 the Governor recently OK'd the execution of a man who had committed murder. 州长最近批准了对那个杀人犯执行死刑。
语源
mid 19th cent. (originally US): probably an abbreviation of orl korrect, humorous form of all correct, popularized as a slogan during President Van Buren's re-election campaign of 1840 in the US; his nickname Old Kinderhook (derived from his birthplace) provided the initials