dispensable

英 [dɪs'pensəbl] 美 [dɪ'spɛnsəbl]
  • adj. 可有可无的;非必要的

助记提示


1. 本义是“可免除的,可豁免的”,既然是可免除的,当然就是不重要的,由此引申为:可有可无的;非必要的。

中文词源


dispensable 可有可无的

来自dispense, 分配,分发。即可分发出去的,可有可无的。

英文词源


dispensable (adj.)
1530s, "subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin dispensabilis, from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s. Related: Dispensability.

双语例句


1. They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable.
他们认为音乐课和美术课是可有可无的。

来自《权威词典》

2. Delete what is dispensable and give more prominence to the essentials.
可以不说的去掉,该说的就可以更突出.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Since none of the four is dispensable, they are equally important.
实际上,这四种力量既然是缺一不可的, 所以是同等重要的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. All those people in the middle are dispensable.
所有那些立场骑墙的人都可要可不要。

来自辞典例句

5. Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡.

来自辞典例句

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