中文词源
serviceable 可用的
service,服务，-able,表能够。引申词义可用的。
英语词源
- serviceable (adj.)
- "ready to do service," early 14c., from Old French servicable, from servise (see service (n.1)). Related: Serviceability.
Edgar: I know thee well: a serviceable villain,
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire.
["King Lear," IV.vi.]
权威例句
- 1. The carpet is worn but still serviceable.
- 地毯旧了，但还能用。
- 2. Passports are frequently serviceable in proving the identity of the traveller.
- 护照往往可用来证明旅行者的身份.
- 3. When this building is repaired, it will be serviceable.
- 这栋楼房修好后还可以住.
- 4. A customer took a perfectly serviceable washing machine in for repair, only to be told it needed replacing.
- 一位顾客带着一台性能尚好的洗衣机来修，不料竟被告知该换洗衣机了。
- 5. His Arabic was not as good as his English, but serviceable enough.
- 他的阿拉伯语没有他的英语好，但是够用了。