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liveable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++live·a·ble especially British English, livable especially American English /ˈlɪvəbəl/ adjective  1 a situation that is liveable is satisfactory but not good 还算不错的,过得去的 SYN bearable Having the children had made his life more liveable. 有了孩子以后他的生活更有意义了。2 a) (also liveable in British English) good enough to live in 适合居住的 SYN habitable We need to do more to make the neighborhood more livable. 要让这个街区更适合居住,我们需要做得更多。 b) nice to live in 〔居住环境〕舒适的,宜人的 It’s one of the most liveable cities in the US. 这里是美国最宜人的城市之一。3. a livable wage/salary American English a salary that is enough for you to buy the things you need, such as food, a house etc 足够度日的工资
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liveableThe rest is done because somebody has to do it, if life is to be liveable.The Toronto Protocol is entitled: Public Transport -- a major contributor to liveable communities and sustainable development.It makes this cell more liveable in.It was not a comfortable environment for the boarders, but its very shabbiness made it liveable in.Clearly, exclusion of through traffic is a necessary but not sufficient condition for creating safe and liveable streets.
live·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus a satisfactory situation that liveable is is


liveable
liveable especially British English, livable especially American English /ˈlɪvəbəl/ adjective
 Word Family: verb: live, outlive, relive, liven, up; adjective: live, lively, living, liveable; noun: liveliness, living, livelihood; adverb: live
1. a situation that is liveable is satisfactory but not good
   SYN  bearable:
    Having the children had made his life more liveable.
2.
  a. (also liveable in British English) good enough to live in
   SYN  habitable:
    We need to do more to make the neighborhood more livable.
  b. nice to live in:
    It’s one of the most liveable cities in the US.
3. a livable wage/salary American English a salary that is enough for you to buy the things you need, such as food, a house etc


live·able (also liv·able) BrE /ˈlɪvəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪvəbl/ 🔊 adjective (BrE also live·able in [not before noun] ) (of a house, etc. 房屋等) fit to live in 适于居住的 SYN habitable safer and more liveable residential areas更安全和更适于居住的住宅区The place looks liveable in. 这地方看起来适于居住。🔊🔊(of life 生活) worth living 值得一过的 SYN endurable [not before noun] ~ with that can be dealt with 能对付;可处理The problem is paying the mortgageeverything else is liveable with. 问题在于偿还按揭贷款——别的一切事情都能对付。🔊🔊 [only before noun] (of a wage, etc. 工资等) enough to live on 足够维持生活的a liveable salary足以维持生活的薪水