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obtainable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ob·tain·a·ble /əbˈteɪnəbəl/ AWL adjective formal  AVAILABLEGETable to be obtained 能得到的,可获得的 SYN available The form is obtainable at your local post office. 该表格可向当地邮局索取。
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obtainableHowever, a simple and powerful canonical form is obtainable.The goods became obtainable, but not purchasable, because of the lack of purchasing power among the population.Radon gas can be detected using an easily obtainable device.The old county histories contain interesting material, sometimes with plans and drawings not easily obtainable elsewhere.This is largely because of the limitations on the specific impulse obtainable from chemical means.Now a college education was a realistic and obtainable goal for young blacks.I analysed them and found that a material had been used which is only obtainable in Iron Curtain countries.And these latter values are very much higher than the values obtainable on the old system.He said that he felt that its terms were the best obtainable under the circumstances.
ob·tain·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus to obtained able be


obtainable
obtainable AC /əbˈteɪnəbəl/ adjective formal
 Word Family: verb: obtain; adjective: obtainableunobtainable
able to be obtained
   SYN  available:
    The form is obtainable at your local post office.


ob·tain·able AW BrE /əbˈteɪnəbl/ 🔊NAmE /əbˈteɪnəbl/ 🔊 adjective [not usually before noun] that can be obtained 可获得;可得到 SYN available Full details are obtainable from any post office. 详情可至任何邮局索取。🔊🔊