单词 | dispensable |
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音标 | [dis'pensəbl] |
解释 | a.不必要的,可有可无的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj.不必要的,可有 可无的 (that can be dispensed with) 【记】 dis+pens(挂)+able→ 可挂掉的→不必要的; 【同】 参考:indispensable (必不可少的) 【例】 This magazine is dispensable. Let's discontinue our subscription. |
字源 | dispensable (adj.) 1530s, "subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin dispensabilis, from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s. Related: Dispensability. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 不必要的; 可有可无的; 不重要的 = unimportant; 可分配的 【记】indispensable(adj 必不可少的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】dispense发出 + ble 【相关】indispensable 必不可少的 |
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