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