Viable Viability ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti ˈvaɪəbl Capable Make Developing Living
The word "viable" means capable of working successfully or being feasible. It can also refer to something, like a fetus or seed, that is capable of developing or surviving. The related noun is "viability," which means the state of being viable, such as the financial viability of a company.
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1. Meaning: Capable of working successfully; feasible.
Example: Cash alone will not make Eastern Europe's banks viable.
2. Meaning: Capable of developing or surviving (used for fetuses, seeds, eggs).
Example: Five viable pregnancies were established.
Related term: viability (noun) - the ability to work successfully or survive.
Example: the shaky financial viability of the nuclear industry.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]切实可行的;能办到的 Something that is viable is capable of doing what it is intended to do.
Cash alone will not make Eastern Europe's banks viable...
仅靠现金不能使东欧的银行维持下去。
The goal has been to establish and sustain a nation of viable family farms.
目标是要建立一个能够使家庭农场得以存续的国家,并使其维持下去。
...commercially viable products.
有商业价值的产品
viability
...the shaky financial viability of the nuclear industry.
核工业岌岌可危的财政状况
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[ADJ 形容词]能存活的;能生长发育的 Foetuses, seeds, or eggs are described as viable if they are capable of developing into living beings without outside help.
[TECHNICAL 术语]
Five viable pregnancies were established.
已确定5个胎儿能够成活。
Oxford
vi·able/ˈvaɪəbl; NAmEˈvaɪəbl/adjective1that can be done; that will be successful 可实施的;切实可行的SYN
feasible
◆a viable option/proposition切实可行的选择╱提议◆There is no viable alternative.没有其他可行的措施。◆to be commercially/politically/financially/economically viable在商业上╱政治上╱财政上╱经济上可行2( biology 生) capable of developing and surviving independently 能独立发展的;能独立生存的;可生长发育的◆viable organisms可存活的生物▶via·bil·ity/ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti; NAmEˌvaɪəˈbɪləti/noun[uncountable ]◆commercial viability商业上的可行性vi·able/ˈvaɪəbl; NAmEˈvaɪəbl/via·bil·ity/ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti; NAmEˌvaɪəˈbɪləti/
LDC
viablevi‧a‧ble /ˈvaɪəbəl/ ●○○ adjective
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1a viable idea, plan, or method can work successfullyviable alternative/proposition/option etc The committee came forward with one viable solution.economically/commercially/financially viable Will a hotel here be financially viable?► see thesaurus at
possible
2technical able to continue to live or to develop into a living thingOPP non-viable: viable seeds—viably adverb—viability /ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]: the long-term economic viability of the companyCOLLOCATIONSadverbseconomically/commercially/financially viable· New projects must be economically viable.nounsa viable alternative· We want to make public transport a viable alternative to using cars.a viable option· Moving the company was not a viable option.a viable proposition (=an idea that will work)· Is this kind of tourism a viable proposition?a viable solution· Perhaps the only viable solution is to merge the hospitals.a viable business· He turned the farm into a viable business.
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viable
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可行的(98%),能生存的(2%)
adj.可行的;能养活的;能生育的
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