able

英 [\"eɪb(ə)l] 美 [\"ebl]

• 翻译

  adj. 能；[经管] 有能力的；能干的

  n. (Able)人名；(伊朗)阿布勒；(英)埃布尔

英 [\"eɪb(ə)l]||||||美 [\"ebl]

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adj. 能；[经管] 有能力的；能干的

n. (Able)人名；(伊朗)阿布勒；(英)埃布尔

able 有能力的

词源同habit，习惯，来自词根hab,居住，拥有，能力。与后缀-able词义几乎完全重合。

able

able:

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Able

and

ability

both come ultimately from the Latin verb

habēre

‘have’o,r‘hold’. From this the Latin adjective

habilis

developed, meaning literally ‘conveniento,rsuitable for holding on to’,a,n,dhence in more general terms ‘suitable’o,r‘apt’,a,n,dlater, more positively, ‘competent’o,r‘expert’. It came into English via Old French, bringing with it the noun

ablete

‘ability’. This was later reformed in English, on the model of its Latin source

habilitās

, to

ability

.

=> habit

able (adj.)

early 14c., from Old French

(h)able

(14c.), from Latin

habilem

,

habilis

\\\\\\\"easily handled, apt,\\\\\\\" verbal adjective from

habere

\\\\\\\"to hold\\\\\\\" (see habit). \\\\\\\"Easy to be held,\\\\\\\" hence \\\\\\\"fit for a purpose.\\\\\\\" The silent

h-

was dropped in Englisha,n,dresisted academic attempts to restore it 16c.-17c. (see H), but some derivatives (such as

habiliment

,

habilitate

) acquired it via French.

Able-whackets

- A popular sea-game with cards, in which the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief tightly twisted like a rope. Very popular with horny-fisted sailors. [Smyth, \\\\\\\"Sailor\\\\\\\"s Word-Book,\\\\\\\" 1867]

1. Chantal was lucky to be

able

to salvage her career.

尚塔尔能保住她的事业算是走了运。

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2. The RAF recognized him as an out-standingly

able

engineer.

英国皇家空军表彰他是一名非常能干的机械师。

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3. Anton was

able

to transfer from Lavine\\\\\\\"s to an American company.

安东成功地从拉文调到了一家美国公司.

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able

to detect major calamities.

他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。

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5. The government have not been

able

to turn today\\\\\\\"s demonstration to their advantage.

政府未能把今天的游行示威转为己用。

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