passably

英 [ˈpɑːsəbli]

美 [ˈpæsəbli]

adv.  过得去; 尚可; 还可以

BNC.46830 / COCA.38694

牛津词典

adv.

• 过得去；尚可；还可以
  in a way that is acceptable or good enough
  1. He speaks passably good French.
     他法语讲得还可以。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 合格的；过得去的；尚可的
  If something is apassableeffort or ofpassablequality, it is satisfactory or quite good.
  1. Stan puffed out his thin cheeks in a passable imitation of his dad...
     斯坦鼓起瘦瘦的脸颊，像模像样地模仿着他的爸爸。
  2. Ms Campbell speaks passable French.
     坎贝尔女士法语说得还算可以。
• ADJ （道路）尚可通行的
  If a road ispassable, it is not completely blocked, and people can still use it.
  1. The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.
     机场公路今天一周来第一次可以通行。
  2. ...muddy mountain roads that are barely passable.
     几乎无法通行的泥泞山路

英英释义

adv

• to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  1. pretty big
  2. pretty bad
  3. jolly decent of him
  4. the shoes are priced reasonably
  5. he is fairly clever with computers
  Synonym:reasonablymoderatelyprettyjollysomewhatfairlymiddling

双语例句

• On my first day at university I felt passably cool in my apple green OshKosh dungarees – but that was only because half the girls were in tweeds and twinsets.
  大学入校第一天，我穿着苹果绿的OshKosh工装裤，已经勉强算酷了，但那是因为当时一半的女生都穿着花呢和运动服套装。
• A passably large air-hole, probably the man-hole in the Rued'Anjou, furnished a light that was almost vivid.
  有一个出气洞相当大，大概是昂儒街的洞眼，射进了一道几乎闪亮的光。
• I answered that I was very sure I liked it passably well;
  我口答说，我确信我很喜欢我这样的生活；
• It's got a small, passably well-off population. It's politically stable. And it doesn't shape international relations.
  它人口不多，相当富裕，政治稳定，没有形成国际关系。
• He speaks passably good french.
  他法语讲得还可以。
• Among the many things made in China ( alongside the trinkets and computers) is passably drinkable wine, often dressed up to be as French as its makers can get away with without sparking a trade war with Paris.
  在众多产自中国的商品中（从小饰物到计算机），包括还算过得去的葡萄酒，它们在包装上模仿法国酒，相似程度如果再高一点，就能可能引发与法国之间的贸易战。
• Bath twice a day to be really clean. Once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.
  一天洗两次澡是真干净，一天洗一次澡也说得过去，一周洗一次只是避免对公共场合造成污染。