-able

短语

suf. [附在动词或名词后构成形容词] 表示：“能…的,会…的”：durable; “可以…的”：drinkable; “具有…特性的”：fashionable; “有助于…的”,“倾向于…的”：peaceable; “易于…的”：breakable

发音

其它 /əbl̩/
IN /ˈebl̩/
其它 /ˈebl̩/
IN /eːbɐl/
其它 /eːbɐl/
IN /əbl̩/
IN /ɐbɨɭ/
其它 /ɐbɨɭ/

词形变化

more -able 比较级 most -able 最高级

别名

-ible

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Able to be done; fit to be done.

    可-

    -得

    move + -able → movable (“able to be moved”)

    amend + -able → amendable (“able to be amended”)

    break + -able → breakable (“liable to break”)

    blam + -able → blamable (“fit to be blamed”)

    sal + -able → salable (“fit to be sold”)

  2. 2.

    Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with.

    fashion + -able → fashionable (“relevant to fashion”)

    season + -able → seasonable (“suitable to season”)

  3. 3.

    Giving, or inclined to.

    pleasure + -able → pleasurable (“giving pleasure”)

    peace + -able → peaceable (“inclined to peace”)

  4. 4.

    Inviting a specified behavior.

    非正式

    Near-synonym: -er (etymology 1, suffix sense 2)

    punch + -able → punchable (“inviting being punched”)

    kiss + -able → kissable (“evoking the desire to be kissed”)

  5. 5.

    Subject to.

    report + -able → reportable (“subject to be reported”)

    tax + -able → taxable (“subject to be taxed”)

  6. 6.

    Due to be.

    pay + -able → payable (“due to be paid”)

词源

Inherited from Middle English -able, borrowed from Old French -able, from Latin -ābilis, from -a- or -i- + -bilis (“capable or worthy of being acted upon”), from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰli- of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Not closely related etymologically, though currently related semantically, to able. Displaced native Old English -endlīc.

来源：wiktionary