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able 音標拼音: ['ebəl] a. 有能力的,能干的,能夠的,可以的 有能力的,能幹的,能夠的,可以的 able adj 1: ( usually followed by ` to') having the necessary means or skill or know- how or authority to do something; " able to swim"; " she was able to program her computer"; " we were at last able to buy a car"; " able to get a grant for the project" [ ant: { unable}] 2: have the skills and qualifications to do things well; " able teachers"; " a capable administrator"; " children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable" [ synonym: { able}, { capable}] 3: having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; " able to learn"; " human beings are able to walk on two feet"; " Superman is able to leap tall buildings" 4: having a strong healthy body; " an able seaman"; " every able- bodied young man served in the army" [ synonym: { able}, { able- bodied}] Able \ A" ble\, v. t. [ See { Able}, a.] [ Obs.] 1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To vouch for. " I ' ll able them." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
- able \- a* ble\ (-[. a]* b' l). [ F. - able, L. - abilis.] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The form {- ible} is used in the same sense. [ 1913 Webster] Note: It is difficult to say when we are not to use - able instead of - ible. " Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the Anglo- Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex - able only." -- Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster]
Able \ A" ble\, a. [ comp. { Abler}; superl. { Ablest}.] [ OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. { Habile} and see { Habit}.] 1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] A many man, to ben an abbot able. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. [ 1913 Webster] No man wrote abler state papers. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. [ 1913 Webster] Note: { Able for}, is Scotticism. " Hardly able for such a march." -- Robertson. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful. [ 1913 Webster] 77 Moby Thesaurus words for " able": adapted, adequate, adjusted, alert, au fait, brainy, brilliant, capable, checked out, clever, competent, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enigmatic, enterprising, equal to, expert, fit, fitted, fitted for, go- ahead, good, incalculable, incognizable, intelligent, journeyman, keen, mysterious, productive, proficient, proper, puzzling, qualified, sealed, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, strange, suited, unapparent, unapprehended, unascertained, unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered, undivulged, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed, unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard- of, unidentified, uninvestigated, unknowable, unknown, unperceived, unplumbed, unrevealed, unsuspected, untouched, up to, up to snuff, up- and- coming, virgin, well- fitted, well- qualified, well- suited, wicked, worthy |
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