practicable

Word family

prac·ti·ca·ble /ˈpræktɪkəbəl/ adjectiveadj

POSSIBLEa practicable way of doing something is possible in a particular situation 可行的，行得通的 OPP impracticable

The only practicable course of action is to sell the company.

唯一可行的做法是把公司卖掉。

It is their duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the equipment is safe.

在力所能及的情况下确保设备安全是他们的职责。

it is practicable (for somebody) to do something

It may not always be practicable to follow exactly the recommendations.

完全按照建议行事并非总能行得通。

—practicably adverbadv

—practicability /ˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

practicable• The company merger will take place as soon as practicable.• For this reason phasing of the works is not practicable.• Mr. Kenneth Carlisle Equipment procurement including development is already subject to competitive tendering wherever practicable.• This is regrettable, certainly, and everything should be done to make the lives of these animals as good as practicable.• This is, as already indicated, a foster home where practicable.• Is it the best that can be achieved, the nearest practicable approximation to the democratic principle?• As a result of these constraints the first practicable date for the sale is this July.• In familial cases without a gene defect regular echocardiograms are the only practicable screening method.

Origin practicable

(1600-1700) French praticable, from pratiquer “to put into practice”

prac·ti·ca·ble adjectiveadj

Chinese

Syllable

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