able

But it would double the capacity of the company, thus helping thousands more become healthier and more able members of society.

使公司的生產能力增加一倍，從而幫助成千上萬的人變成更加健康能幹的社會成員。

基本介紹

• 中文名：能，可以
• 外文名：able
• 讀音：英['eɪbl]
• 做形容詞：能,可,會[F][+to-v]
• 做後綴 suf：-able   構成形容詞

基本解釋

able是一個英文單詞,讀音：英['eɪbl] 美[ˈebəl]

主要釋義如下：

做形容詞

1.能,可,會[F][+to-v] 常用短語：be able to

I am afraid I won't be able to visit you on Saturday. 恐怕我無法在星期六來拜訪您了。

2.有能力的;能幹的

He is an able lawyer. 他是一位能幹的律師。

做後綴 suf

-able 構成形容詞

1.表示"能...的","可以...的",如:usable, excusable

2.表示"適於...的","有...特性的",如:eatable, marketable

3.表示"有...傾向的",如:changeable, irritable

用法

1.PHRASE

If you are able to do something, you have skills or qualities which make it possible for you to do it. (因具有某技能或素質而) 能夠

例：

• The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal.這個大點兒的孩子應該能做頓簡單的飯菜。
• The company says they're able to keep pricing competitive.這個公司說他們能夠保持價格競爭力。

2.PHRASE

If you are able to do something, you have enough freedom, power, time, or money to do it. (因有足夠的自由、權力、時間或財力而) 可以

例：

• You'llbe able to read in peace.你將可以安靜地看書。
• Have you been able to have any kind of contact?你取得任何聯繫了嗎?

3.ADJ

Someone who is able is very intelligent or very good at doing something. 有才能的

例：

• ...one of the brightest and ablest members of the government.…最聰明、最有才能的政府成員之一。

短語

will be ableto將能夠

be ableto do能夠做

beable to take經受得住某事(指困難、痛苦的事)

ableperson能人；有能力的人；有用的人才

spell able幹練的；有能力的

able seaman一級水手；熟練水手；[英國，加拿大]二等水兵

例句

能幹的

• But it would double the capacity of the company, thus helping thousands more become healthier and more able members of society.

使公司的生產能力增加一倍，從而幫助成千上萬的人變成更加健康能幹的社會成員。

• I imagine that an able surgeon, in spite of the painful circumstances in which his work is done, derives satisfaction from the exquisite precision of his operations.

我想像儘管一個能幹的外科醫生工作時處在令人痛苦的氣氛中，他還是能從精湛的手術中得到滿足。

• If you are doing offshore software development, even having able, English-speaking teams on both sides of the globe does not guarantee that your project will run smoothly

.如果您正在做海外的軟體開發，那么甚至在地球兩側您有能幹的，說英語的團隊，也不能保證項目會順利進行。

• He added, “I also liked the motto, ‘Scientology makes the able more able.

他補充說，“我還喜歡這句真言，‘山達基讓能幹的人更加能幹。’”

• The able Christine Lagarde has replaced him at the IMF, relieving DSK the decision of staying on there or returning to French politics.

能幹的克里斯蒂娜·拉加德已經取代了他在IMF的位置，這將讓DSK下定決心離開IMF重返法國政壇。

• For those defendants willing to take the risks of going to trial, an able defense lawyer can challenge even the extraordinary powers of the government.

對於那些願意承擔庭審風險的被告，一位能幹的律師能夠挑戰政府的巨大權力。

• So many people who had contributed to our victory wanted to serve that I was worried about able, deserving people falling through the cracks, and some of them did.

許多為我們競選勝利做出貢獻的人都想在新政府里任職，以至於我擔心有些能幹的、有足夠理由進入新政府的人會被遺漏掉。 而後來，有些這樣的人的確被遺漏掉了。

• So did the most able woman in his Cabinet, former Education Secretary Shirley Williams, 48.

他內閣中最能幹的成員，48歲的雪莉 威廉斯前教育部長。

• He replied: “If I take the able-bodied only, the young must die. If I take the mother, must I not take the child?”

他回答說，”如果我只要能幹的，年輕人會死掉，如果我選擇留下孩子的母親，我是不是又必須留下孩子呢？

• On April 12, I named Mickey Kantor secretary of commerce and his able deputy, Charlene Barshefsky, the new U.S. trade representative.

4月12日，我任命米基·坎特為商務部長，他那能幹的副手查倫·巴爾舍夫斯基成為新的美國貿易代表。

• He and his able associates strengthened the Civil Service .

他和他能幹的同事們加強了文官制度。

能

• Japan might be able to unload more of its steel abroad.
  日本或許能向國外傾銷更多的鋼鐵。
• I am not the person that you are able to pry away from their friendship.
  我不是那種你能設法離間我與他們的友誼的人。
• All the football match spectators were able to observe order in the stadium.
  球賽觀眾都能遵守會場秩序。
• So if users know they can do four things, they should be able to do them in any order and at any time.
  因此，如果用戶知道他們能做四件事，那用戶應該可以在任何順序和任何時間來做這四件事。
• I was able to see how he tackled certain other areas of software.
  當時我能看到他是如何處理軟體中的一些特定區域的。
• Is he able, but not willing?
  他是能做得到，但不願意去做？
• Do what you can now or you might not be able to do them all.
  去做你現在能做的，否則你可能永遠也不會開始了。
• Chinese women are very practical, he told me: "You need to have your own house to be an eligible bachelor, so I have to go through this to be able to afford it.
  中國的女人非常實際，他告訴我：”你得有房，這樣才能成為一個標準的單身漢，所以我不得不熬過這段時間，直到有一天，我能有能力買房。
• It should be your right to be able to control what you and others do with it.
  你應該有權控制你和別人分別能對它做什麼。
• It was only once I set goals for myself again — realistic goals — that I was able to begin my escape from debt hell.
  直到某一天我再次給自己設立目標之後—現實目標—我才開始能從這個債務的地獄裡逃脫出來。
• Every day something will try to push you out of balance (and most of the time this “something” will succeed) but every time you will be able to bounce back to your balance.
  每天都會有事把你推得喪失平衡（而大多數時間這個“事情”會得逞），但每次你都能反彈回來找到平衡。
• Only when we are able to bring these masks into our active awareness and deal with them, can we be ourselves and experience the freedom that brings.
  只有當我們能夠有意識的帶著及處理這些面具，我們才會是我們自己並能體會到這些面具帶來的自由。
• He was so thankful that he was able to pull out the son above.
  看到能把他兒子---也就是上面提到的那個男孩---救出來，他心存感激。
• Unless you can convince them otherwise, your customers must be able to upgrade the product data and usage easily from the previous version.
  客戶常常要求產品的數據和使用必須能輕鬆從之前的版本升級，除非您能說服客戶不這么要求。
• But while we cannot close the gulf between us, we can try to bridge it so that we may be able to talk across it.
  但是，雖然我們不能彌合我們之間的鴻溝，我們卻能夠設法搭一座橋，以便我們能越過它進行會談。
• With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
  有了這個信念，我們將能把這個國家刺耳的爭吵聲，改變成為一支洋溢手足之情的優美交響曲。
• When the nobles see that they cannot resist the populace, they begin to support someone from among themselves, and make him prince in order to be able to satisfy their appetites under his protection.
  當貴族看到他們無法招架人民，他們就開始支持一位從他們中間產生的人物，讓他成為君主，以便能在他的保護下滿足他們的欲望。
• Is he both able and willing?
  難道他能做而且又願意做？
• Our reply: Yes, we would all love to be able to do this.
  我們的回答是：是的，我們很也願意能這么做。
• And I hope to be able to speak to all of you before you leave.
  我希望在大家離開之前能和你們每個人都談一下。
• No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.
  必無一人能在你面前站立得住，直到你將他們滅絕了。
• "But soon they will forget about us. So we should be able to find work in our village. She heard me out and said 'OK'," he said.
  這小伙子說，“但是他們很快就會忘掉我們的，應該讓我們在村子裡就能找到工作才行。她聽完了我說的話，然後跟我說‘好的’。”
• He only uses the hand signal and she converses, Possible she to be able to read his each look.
  他只用手語和她交談，而她能明白他的意思，可能她能讀懂他的每一個表情。
• So a drug might be able to kill some but not all of the cancer because each cell is a little different.
  因此，藥物也許能殺死某些細胞，但是不能殺死所有的癌細胞，因為每個細胞都略有不同。
• I know that not everyone will be able or willing to use this approach.
  我知道不是所有的人都能或者都願意去使用這個方法。
• There are bargains out there though, if holidaymakers shop around – particularly for those who are able to book a trip at the last minute or are flexible in terms of where and when they travel.
  "但是如果度假者貨比三家的話，其實也有便宜的選擇",特別對於那些能在最後時間訂到旅行票或能靈活機動的選擇旅行的時間和地點的人來說更是這樣。
• It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common factors which underlie and account for the facts that he knows.
  科學家要做的事就是積累有關宇宙和宇宙中的一切事物的知識, 而且要是可能的話, 找出那些既能構成科學家所知事實的基礎, 又能解釋這些事實的共同因素。

有能力的

• The Floren- tines made Paulo Vitelli their captain, a very able manand one who rose from being a private citizen to achieve great prestige.
  佛羅倫斯人僱傭了保羅·維特里作為他們的傭兵隊長，一個非常有能力的人而且是一個從平民到達崇高聲望的人。
• Capable. God is a capable Father. Some dads are like Homer Simpson; they can't do anything. But your heavenly Father is capable, able to do all things.
  滿有能力的。上帝是一個滿有能力的父親。有些父親像霍默·辛普森；他們不會做任何事情。但是你們的天父是滿有能力的，無所不能。
• But your heavenly Father is capable, able to do all things.
  但是你們的天父是滿有能力的，無所不能。
• Law firms, consultancies and banks are rethinking their “up or out” promotion systems because they are losing so many able women.
  律師事物所，諮詢公司以及銀行都在重新審視自己那套“全日制”的晉升制度，因為這個制度讓他們失去了很多有能力的女性。
• You can expect a competent vendor to understand your environment and be able to work with you to size each infrastructure layer.

有能力的運營商可以理解您的環境，能夠更好地評估每個基礎結構層的規模。

• As adults, they are more likely to form secure relationships, achieve stable social standing and become able parents.
  長大成人後，他們更可能形成可靠的人際關係，獲得穩定的社會地位，進而成為有能力的父母。
• I put together an able and fully representative committee and asked Hillary to chair it.
  我組建了一個有能力的、很有代表性的委員會，並請希拉蕊做主席。
• Law firms, consultancies and banks are rethinking their “up or out” promotion systems because they are losing so many able women.
  法律事務所、顧問公司和銀行在反思他們的“非升即走”的晉升系統，因為他們失去了那么多有能力的女性。
• We worry about how someone so young, will be able to be our leader, running the country, because he doesn't have the capability, he's a person without experience or skills.
  我們擔心的是，這么年輕的一個人怎么能作為我們的領袖，管理這個國家，因為他不會有這個能力。 他不是個有經驗或者有能力的人。
• And John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate’s foreign-relations committee (and a failed presidential candidate), has proven himself to be an able international troubleshooter.
  參議員外交關係委員會主席約翰·克里（曾為總統候選人），證明了自己是一位有能力的國際問題處理家。
• Teaching attracts few ambitious and able graduates; school leaders have little autonomy.
  教學只能吸引極少一部分有雄心有能力的畢業生；而學校領導者的自主權太少。
• Sure, branding might be the big problem you have right now and a kick-ass person from a big company might be able to tackle that, but the minute you need them to work on lead generation you’re toast.
  當然了，你現在最為迫在眉睫的問題可能是品牌建設，這時從大公司來了一個很有能力的傢伙，他也許能解決這個問題。 可是從你讓他去做市場推介那一分鐘起，你就死定了。
• That he is an able man is obvious to all of us.
  他是一個有能力的人我們大家都知道。
• He is an able lawyer.
  他是一位有能力的律師。
• While (I was) at college, I began to know him, a strange but able student.
  當我上大學的時候，我開始了解他，一個與眾不同但又很有能力的學生。
• In a peaceful and prosperous country, nobody would have painfully found an able man to govern it and praise his wisdom and talent.
  在一個安定昇平的國度里，我們沒有理由去費心的找一個有能力的人來管理，也沒有必要去讚揚他的聰明才智。