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terminable

/tur-muh-nuh-buhl/US // ˈtɜr mə nə bəl //UK // (ˈtɜːmɪnəbəl, ˈtɜːmnəbəl) //

可终止,可终止的,可终结,可结束

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being terminated.
    • : coming to an end after a certain term.

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Examples

  • It's the farm on the terminable lease, at present held by Hugh Corrigan; he asks for a renewal.

  • The contracts providing for purchase and shipment of coal by the coal sales companies are terminable at the will of the railroad.

  • A writer in another paper cited America as an example of terminable marriage in full working order.

  • The widow enjoyed an annuity of two hundred and forty pounds, terminable with her life; the children had nothing of their own.

  • He was a slave, except that his master was not trusted with the lash, and his claim for service terminable.