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外刊例句
- Mr Wetselaar says his aim is to generate electricity returns of 8-12%, which he thinks is feasible because Shell, with its energy-trading experience, can profit from the heightened volatility of power markets in the era of renewables and EVs, as well as from more flexible demand from consumers.
魏思乐表示自己的目标是在发电上获得8%到12%的回报,他认为这切实可行,因为在可再生能源和电动汽车的时代,拥有能源交易经验的壳牌将能从电力市场的剧烈波动中获利,也能从消费者更灵活的需求中获利。
——《经济学人》 - Reading to children is easy, affordable and feasible for parents no matter what their level of education or economic station in life.
不管父母的教育水准、经济地位是高是低,念书给孩子听都是容易、负担得起且可行的事。
——《时代周刊》
基本释义
[adjective] possible to do easily or conveniently
[形容词] 可以轻松或方便地完成的
深入解读
Feasible 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)之前推送过的 plausible 同后缀的单词,由词根 feas (做、制作)+后缀 -ible (可……的)构成。
15世纪中期由古法语 faisable (可能的、可能做到的;简单的、方便的)经英国法语 faisible 进入英语后, feasible 也是用来表示“可行的、行得通的、做得到的”,常用来形容可以轻松或方便地完成或实施的计划或方案,或者说在困难条件下似乎最不容易失败的计划或方案,以达到预期的目的,比如:
- 有了额外的资源,这个计划现在看来是可行的。
With the extra resources, the project now seems feasible. - 兼职管理这头金融巨兽是搞不好的。
It's just not feasible to manage the financial behemoth on a part-time basis.
相对于常用来修饰 task, thing, target 等具体事物的非正式用语 doable (可行的)而言, feasible 多用于修饰 option, alternative, solution, plan, approach 等抽象概念。
名著用例
Under the influence of a good dinner and Drouet's radiating presence, the scheme proposed seemed feasible.
吃了一顿丰盛的午饭,又加上杜洛埃兴致勃勃的陪伴,使她开始感到他的提议似乎还可行。
出自美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛(Theodore Dreiser)创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》(Sister Carrie)。参见:名著下载 | 嘉莉妹妹(Sister Carrie)
同近义词
- viable: capable of working successfully; feasible
- practicable: able to be done or put into practice successfully
- practical: (of an idea, plan, or method) likely to succeed or be effective in real circumstances; feasible