pass·able /ˈpæsəbəl/
(a.)可通行的,可渡過的,尚可的
Pass·a·ble a.
1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.
His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. --Shak.
2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. --L'Estrange.
Could they have made this slander passable. --Collier.
3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. --Dryden.
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passable
adj 1: able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is
passable" [ant: impassable]
2: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a
secretary" [syn: adequate, fair to middling]
3: neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a
gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the
office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only
so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable
working knowledge of French" [syn: indifferent, so-so(p),
tolerable]