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bearable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bear·a·ble /ˈbeərəbəl $ ˈber-/ adjective  DEAL WITHsomething that is bearable is difficult or unpleasant, but you can deal with it 可忍受的,可容忍的 OPP unbearable His friendship was the one thing that made life bearable. 有他的友情在,生活还可以过下去。bearably adverb
Examples from the Corpus
bearableHis leg hasn't quite healed yet, but pain-killers make it bearable.The humidity was lower, making the high temperatures more bearable.If only she'd been able to ask him why, perhaps it would have been more bearable.Not exactly funny, I think, but predictable and almost bearable.The temperature was more than bearable, and in fact in his leather jacket he was far too warm.It would be better, it might even be bearable, if only he knew what had become of James.Even Emma Thompson was bearable in it.It was relatively bearable out for July.Rain opened the doors to the garden and fetched cushions so that it was bearable to sit on the scorched chairs.The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren.
bear·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
but is something unpleasant, bearable you Corpus or is that difficult


bearable
bearable /ˈbeərəbəl $ ˈber-/ adjective
 Word Family: verb: bear; noun: bearer; adverb: bearablyunbearably; adjective: bearableunbearable
something that is bearable is difficult or unpleasant, but you can deal with it
   OPP  unbearable:
    His friendship was the one thing that made life bearable.
—bearably adverb


bear·ableBrE /ˈbeərəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈberəbl/ 🔊 adjectivea person or thing that is bearable can be accepted or dealt with 可忍受的;能应付的She was the only thing that made life bearable. 只因有了她,生活才可以过得下去。🔊🔊 OPP unbearable