dispensable
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英 [d?s'pens?bl]
美[d?'sp?ns?bl]
- adj. 可有可無的；非必要的
GRE暢通詞匯TEM8
助記提示
1. 本義是“可免除的，可豁免的”，既然是可免除的，當然就是不重要的，由此引申為：可有可無的；非必要的。
中文詞源
dispensable 可有可無的
來自dispense, 分配，分發。即可分發出去的，可有可無的。
英文詞源
- dispensable (adj.)
- 1530s, "subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin dispensabilis, from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s. Related: Dispensability.
雙語例句
- 1. They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable.
- 他們認為音樂課和美術課是可有可無的。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Delete what is dispensable and give more prominence to the essentials.
- 可以不說的去掉,該說的就可以更突出.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Since none of the four is dispensable, they are equally important.
- 實際上,這四種力量既然是缺一不可的, 所以是同等重要的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. All those people in the middle are dispensable.
- 所有那些立場騎墻的人都可要可不要。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
- 否則米勒就會變成可有可無的傀儡.
來自辭典例句