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operable

/op-er-uh-buhl, op-ruh-/US // ˈɒp ər ə bəl, ˈɒp rə- //UK // (ˈɒpərəbəl, ˈɒprə-) //

可操作的,可运行的,可运作的,可操作

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable.
    • : capable of being put into use, operation, or practice.

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Examples

  • The Science Museum did have constructed from its own drawings a very fine replica which is completely operable at this time.

  • The Wrights' goal was an operable and reasonably lightweight unit to be obtained quickly and cheaply.

  • The case is not like that of the woman who has an operable cervical cancer while she is bearing an inviable fetus.

  • In the second case the cancer is operable and the child is viable.

  • I've got all steering stations manned, but only thirty percent of them are still operable.