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passably

/pas-uh-blee, pah-suh-/US // ˈpæs ə bli, ˈpɑ sə- //UK // (ˈpɑːsəblɪ) //

尚可,还算可以,还好,还算过得去

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : fairly; moderately: a passably good novel.

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Examples

  • The horseman, aka Abraham, is actually passably cute, with a rocking bod and apparently steady source of income.

  • They both say that you are looking well, and I suppose I may conclude from that that you are feeling passably.

  • Aunt: “Camp generally becomes passably comfortable just as one nears the end of the trip.”

  • She was one of the servants of the inn, and, like most of her class, she was very inquisitive and passably wanton.

  • Jon saw the fixed object; it had dark eyes and passably dark hair, and changed its position, but never its shape.

  • It will take England a great while to get over her airs of patronage toward us, or even passably to conceal them.