compatible

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com·pat·i·ble1 /kəmˈpætəbəl/ AWL adjectiveadj

1 if two pieces of computer equipment of software are compatible, they can be used together, especially when they are made by different companies 相容的，兼容的 → compatibility

5 The new software is IBM compatible (= can be used with IBM computers ) .

这个新软件与IBM的计算机兼容。

n Will the software on my PC be compatible with a Mac?

2 TDable to exist or be used together without causing problems 可共存的，可兼用的 → compatibility

compatible with

Stephen’s political views often weren’t compatible with her own.

斯蒂芬的政治观点经常和她自己的观点无法相容。

3 SUITABLETOGETHERtwo people that are compatible are able to have a good relationship because they have similar opinions or interests 〔因为观点或兴趣相同而〕关系好的，和睦相处的 → compatibility

In everyday English, people often say that two people are (just) right for each other, because compatible sounds rather formal: 在日常英语中，人们经常说两个人(just) right for each other （很合拍），因为compatible听上去比较正式

On paper they seemed like the perfect couple, but maybe they just weren't right for each other.

理论上讲他们应该是完美的一对，不过可能就是合不来。

Examples from the Corpus

compatible• The very fact that one can choose, however, shows that the two figures are compatible.• This is a double responsibility: two responsibilities which sometimes are not compatible.• In the end these separate plans are cobbled together by a central planning department and adjusted to make them compatible.• The two businesses have compatible aims, and a merger would be to everyone's advantage.• Certain kinds of drug are not compatible and should never been taken together.• Compatible couples generally share the same values and have similar lifestyles and goals.• Quite often they have to be compatible, however, with paintings or with full-size sets or even with location shots.• The success of a relationship depends largely on how compatible two people are and how well they communicate.• It is functionally compatible with 24-pin generic array logic devices and functions at the same speed as the 16V8 above.• Unfortunately he bought a printer that was not compatible with his computer.• Liver biopsy, performed in 10 patients, showed changes compatible with sclerosing cholangitis in non-AIDS patients in five cases.• Recipes accepted as great and sacrosanct are not always compatible with sense.• To put it in its starkest form, capitalism is perfectly compatible with slavery.

compatible with• The project is not compatible with the company's long-term aims.

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