acceptable

acceptable
adjective
  1. able to be agreed on; suitable
    可接受的,合适的
    the electoral arrangements must be acceptable to the people.
    选举安排必须是为人民所接受的。
    ■adequate; satisfactory
    过得去的;令人满意的
    an acceptable substitute for champagne.
    差强人意的香槟酒替代品。
    ■pleasing; welcome
    合意的;受欢迎的
    some coffee would be most acceptable.
    来点儿咖啡就太好了。
    ■(Linguistics)(of a sentence, phrase, or other linguistic unit) judged by a native speaker to conform to the rules of Grammar of a particular language
    (语言学)(句子、短语或其他语言单位)合乎语法规则的
  2. able to be tolerated or allowed
    可容忍的;可允许的
    pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable level.
    城市污染曾四倍于可允许的标准。
常用词组
the acceptable face of
  1. the tolerable or attractive manifestation or aspect of (something typically considered suspect or immoral)
    (尤指某可疑或不道德事物的)可容忍(或引人)的一面
派生
acceptability
noun
acceptableness
noun
acceptably
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French, from late Latin acceptabilis, from acceptare (see accept)
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