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presentable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pre·sent·a·ble /prɪˈzentəbəl/ adjective  SMART/WELL-DRESSEDtidy and attractive enough to be seen or shown to someone 拿得出手的;像样的;体面的 She’s a presentable young woman. 她是位优雅大方的年轻女子。 Let’s tidy up and make the house a bit more presentable. 我们来把房子收拾得更像样一点吧。 I must go and make myself presentable. 我得去打扮一下。presentably adverb
Examples from the Corpus
presentableThis man was in every way presentable.This part of the garage was a little more presentable.We don't have to wear suits for work, but we do have to look presentable.Helen watched my grandmother with a peculiar horror, for my grandmother had abandoned all attempts to make herself presentable.The other men were even worse, even less presentable.Doing it from scratch basically down to writing the page in that make it look presentable, and links to other pages.I make sure Mum looks presentable on Mondays and Thursdays.And this process of making order is presentable only subjectively and in the present.Although Bitstream players often sound a little smoother and more presentable, the process is difficult to engineer successfully.It will take about $7,500 to make the house presentable to buyers.Arnold was a very presentable young fellow.make myself presentableI made myself presentable and sallied forth.
pre·sent·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
to Corpus or seen be and to shown enough tidy attractive


presentable
presentable /prɪˈzentəbəl/ adjective
tidy and attractive enough to be seen or shown to someone:
    She’s a presentable young woman.
    Let’s tidy up and make the house a bit more presentable.
    I must go and make myself presentable.
—presentably adverb


pre·sent·ableBrE /prɪˈzentəbl/ 🔊NAmE /prɪˈzentəbl/ 🔊 adjectivelooking clean and attractive and suitable to be seen in public 像样的;体面的I must go and make myself presentable before the guests arrive. 趁客人还没到,我得去打扮一下好见人。🔊🔊acceptable 可接受的;符合要求的You're going to have to do a lot more work on this essay before it's presentable. 你的这篇文章还得多加润饰才能交得出手。🔊🔊