记忆方法
1. estimate => estim- + -able.
2. => valuable, estimable.
2. => valuable, estimable.
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英语词源
- estimable (adj.)
- mid-15c., "capable of being estimated," from Old French estimable and directly from Latin aestimabilis "valuable, estimable," from aestimare (see esteem (v.)). Meaning "worthy of esteem" in English is from 1690s.
权威例句
- 1. He was an estimable, good natured man and a competent journalist.
- 他是一个值得尊重的 、 性情温和而有才能的新闻记者.
- 2. Repose of manner is an estimable trait in a horse.
- 神情镇定是一匹马可贵的特质.
- 3. Winning is a good thing, but failure sometimes is also estimable.
- 胜利是可贵的, 而失败有时同样可敬!
- 4. The value of a true friend is not estimable.
- 一个真正朋友的价值是无法估量的.
- 5. A young lady fall in love with the estimable prelate.
- 一个年轻女士爱上了这位可尊敬的高级教士.