Viable



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.可行的; 能活下去的
• ［英］ adj.可行的 ( having a reasonable chance of succeeding) 能活下去的 ( capable of living)
• ［记］ via ( 道路) +able+有路可走 -> 可行的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from vie life, from Latin vita — more at vital
• Date: circa 1832
• 1. capable of living; especially having attained such form and development as to be normally capable of surviving outside the mother's womb <a viable fetus>
• 2. capable of growing or developing <viable seeds><viable eggs>
• 3.
  • a. capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately <viable alternatives>
  • b. capable of existence and development as an independent unit <the colony is now a viable state>
  • c.
    • (1) having a reasonable chance of succeeding <a viable candidate>
    • (2) financially sustainable <a viable enterprise>
• ? viability noun
• ? viably adverb

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