tolerable
tolerable 英 [ˈtɒlərəbl] 美 [ˈtɑlərəbl]
adj. 可以的；可容忍的
- Something that's tolerable is something you're able to live with. The best thing you can say about sleeping in a tent with your younger siblings might be that it's tolerable.
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- adj. 可以的；可容忍的
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1. Here in the nation that is too big to fail, as long as the bad loans don’t overwhelm the good, the waste is tolerable.
这个国家大得几乎不可能失败，只要那些坏账不淹没正常的贷款，所有的浪费都是可以忍受的。
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2. To most Germans the war is tolerable, if at all, only on the grounds of national defence.
（阿富汗战争）对于大多数德国人来说是可以接受的，但是实在要打，也必须是因国防的需要。
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3. The holiday season can be a stressful time to go shopping, with all the crowds rummaging for deals around you.But one thing can make the experience tolerable: quality customer service.
在节假日购物是很有压力的，因为会有一大群人在你周围不停的讨价还价，但高质量的客户服务却可以让节假日购物变得不那么难以忍受。
- tolerable (adj.) early 15c., "bearable," from Middle French tolerable (14c.) and directly from Latin tolerabilis "that may be endured, supportable, passable," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Meaning "moderate, middling, not bad" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Tolerably.
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