1. 可以用作形容词,表示“可接受的、符合标准的等”。
例如:
- Your behavior in the meeting was not acceptable.
你在会议中的行为是无法接受的。
- This method of calculation is acceptable for simple problems.
这种计算方法对于简单问题来说是可以接受的。
2. 可以用作动词,表示“接受、认可等”。
例如:
- The company will only accept applications from candidates who meet its acceptable standards.
公司只接受符合其规定标准的求职者的申请。
- The new policy was not initially acceptable to all employees, but most have now come to appreciate its benefits.
初始阶段新政策并不符合所有员工的期望,但大多数人现在已经开始认可其好处。
3. 可以用作名词,表示“可接受性、合理性等”。
例如:
- The project must be evaluated in terms of safety, feasibility, and acceptable risk.
该项目必须从安全、可行性和可接受风险等方面进行评估。
- The committee has yet to determine the acceptable level of contamination in the water supply.
委员会尚未确定水源污染的可接受水平。
4. 可以用作副词,表示“足够地、令人满意地等”。
例如:
- The restaurant’s service was acceptable, but the food was a bit disappointing.
这家餐厅的服务还算不错,但食物有点让人失望。
- She performed the task in an acceptable manner.
她以令人满意的方式完成了这项任务。