practicable
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++prac·ti·ca·ble /ˈpræktɪkəbəl/ adjective POSSIBLEa practicable way of doing something is possible in a particular situation 可行的，行得通的 OPP impracticable The only practicable course of action is to sell the company. 唯一可行的做法是把公司卖掉。 It is their duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the equipment is safe. 在力所能及的情况下确保设备安全是他们的职责。it is practicable (for somebody) to do something It may not always be practicable to follow exactly the recommendations. 完全按照建议行事并非总能行得通。 —practicably adverb —practicability /ˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
practicable• The company merger will take place as soon as practicable.• For this reason phasing of the works is not practicable.• Mr. Kenneth Carlisle Equipment procurement including development is already subject to competitive tendering wherever practicable.• This is regrettable, certainly, and everything should be done to make the lives of these animals as good as practicable.• This is, as already indicated, a foster home where practicable.• Is it the best that can be achieved, the nearest practicable approximation to the democratic principle?• As a result of these constraints the first practicable date for the sale is this July.• In familial cases without a gene defect regular echocardiograms are the only practicable screening method.Origin practicable (1600-1700) French praticable, from pratiquer “to put into practice”prac·ti·ca·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
of doing way in a something practicable possible is Corpus
practicable
prac‧ti‧ca‧ble /ˈpræktɪkəbəl/
adjective
OPP impracticable:
The only practicable course of action is to sell the company.
It is their duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the equipment is safe.
it is practicable (for somebody) to do something
It may not always be practicable to follow exactly the recommendations.
—practicably adverb
—practicability /ˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti, ˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
prac‧ti‧ca‧ble /ˈpræktɪkəbəl/
adjective Word Family: noun: practical, practicalities, practicality ≠ impracticality, practicability ≠ impracticability; adverb: practically ≠ impractically, practicably ≠ impracticably; adjective: practicable ≠ impracticable, practical ≠ impractical
Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: praticable, from pratiquer 'to put into practice'
a practicable way of doing something is possible in a particular situation Language: French
Origin: praticable, from pratiquer 'to put into practice'
OPP impracticable:
it is practicable (for somebody) to do something
—practicably adverb
—practicability /ˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti, ˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]