dispensable 英 [dɪˈspensəbl]   美 [dɪˈspɛnsəbəl]

dispensable

dispensable  英 [dɪˈspensəbl] 美 [dɪˈspɛnsəbəl]

adj. 不必要;不重要;可有可无 

They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable. 他们认为音乐课和美术课是可有可无的。
Since none of the four is dispensable, they are equally important. 既然这四种力量既然是缺一不可的,所以是同等重要的。

  • Something that's dispensable isn't necessary — you don't really need it. Your vintage typewriter is cool, but it's also dispensable, since you can type and print with your laptop.
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  • adj. 不必要;不重要;可有可无
  • 1. They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable.

    他们认为音乐课和美术课是可有可无的。

  • 2. Since none of the four is dispensable, they are equally important.

    既然这四种力量既然是缺一不可的,所以是同等重要的。

  • dispensable (adj.) 1530s, "subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight)" (see dispense). Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s. Related: Dispensability.
dis·pens·able / dɪˈspensəbl ; NAmE dɪˈspensəbl / adjective [not usually before noun ] not necessary; that can be got rid of 不必要;可有可无;不重要 They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable. 他们认为音乐课和美术课是可有可无的。 OPP essential , indispensable dis·pens·able / dɪˈspensəbl ; NAmE dɪˈspensəbl /
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