passable

Word family  noun pass overpass ≠ underpass passage passing adjective passing passable ≠ impassable verb pass

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pass·a·ble /ˈpɑːsəbəl $ ˈpæ-/ adjective  1  GOOD ENOUGH formal fairly good, but not excellent 过得去的，尚可的，还好的 The food was excellent and the wine was passable. 饭菜很好，酒还过得去。 He can do a passable imitation of the maths teacher. 他模仿数学老师还真有点像。► see thesaurus at satisfactory2. OPENa road or river that is passable is not blocked, so you can travel along it or across it 〔道路或河流〕可通行的，能通过的 OPP impassable

Examples from the Corpus

passable• Despite the snow, all the major highways in upstate New York were still passable.• But with the piles of snow that are pushed aside, the streets are only 60 % passable.• The recent rain made the little stream passable and the water was very swift, shallow and rocky.• Linda speaks passable Arabic.• There was some bread, a little cheese and a passable French wine.• It's passable, he says, and it leads direct to Tmjillo.• Stockwell, with his voice jacked up an octave, does a passable homage to Joe Flynn, the original Binghampton.• He gave a passable imitation of Charlie Chaplin.• Her hair was rolled into a passable pageboy and sometimes tied with a black ribbon.• More recently, they turned to the government to ask for passable roads and better schools.• Occasional crossings between the two chief areas were possible during periods when the Bering Strait became passable to land animals.• Some sustained underwater excavation by Crossley and Yeadon, opened a route passable with big tanks, enabling exploration beyond.

pass·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable  

fairly excellent good, Corpus not but

passable
pass‧a‧ble /ˈpɑːsəbəl $ ˈpæ-/ adjective1. formal fairly good, but not excellent:
    The food was excellent and the wine was passable.
    He can do a passable imitation of the maths teacher.
2. a road or river that is passable is not blocked, so you can travel along it or across it
   OPP  impassable
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ satisfactory good enough – often used when something reaches a fairly good standard, but is not of a high standard: Her grades are satisfactory. | For a beginner, this camera produces satisfactory results.
   ▪ all right/OK spoken not bad, but not very good: The meal was all right, but rather expensive. | ‘How was the film?’ ‘It was OK.’
   ▪ reasonable fairly good: a reasonable standard of living | The quality of the food was reasonable.
   ▪ acceptable if something is acceptable to you, you think it is good enough and you are willing to take it: an acceptable offer | an acceptable level of risk | They can't find a solution that is acceptable to both sides.
   ▪ adequate enough in quantity, or of a good enough standard. Adequate sounds rather formal and is used especially in official contexts: an adequate supply of drinking water | adequate standards of hygiene
   ▪ decent especially spoken good enough in quality – used especially when something is as good as most other things: I want my kids to get a decent education. | Where can I get a decent cup of coffee? | The food’s decent and the service is good.
   ▪ passable satisfactory, but not of the best quality – used especially about food and drink, or someone’s skill at doing something. Passable sounds rather formal: a passable French wine | His Japanese was passable. | a passable imitation of Barack Obama
   ▪ be up to scratch informal to be of a good enough standard: His work wasn’t up to scratch. | None of the hotels they suggested were up to scratch.
   ▪ will do informal to be good enough for a particular purpose: Any kind of paper will do. | ‘How about Ken?’ ‘I suppose he’ll do.’

pass·ableBrE /ˈpɑːsəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpæsəbl/ 🔊 adjectivefairly good but not excellent 过得去的；尚可的 SYN satisfactory [not usually before noun] if a road or a river is passable, it is not blocked and you can travel along or across it 通行无阻 OPP impassable