curable

/ˈkjʊərəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkjʊrəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkyu̇r-ə-bəl ˈkyər-/ (ame, mw)

curable — adjective

  • curablepositive
  • more curablecomparative
  • most curablesuperlative

1. used for an illness or medical condition that treatment can successfully make we

1.形容詞B2
釋義

used for an illness or medical condition that treatment can successfully make well.

例句

Doctors told Mina that the infection was <hl>curable</hl> with a short course of antibiotics.

be curable with [treatment]

Because the tumor was found early, it was still <hl>curable</hl> after surgery.

common pattern: found early + still curable

同義詞
  • treatable

    wider in meaning; a condition can be treatable even if treatment does not completely remove it

  • healable

    less common; often used of wounds or emotional harm as well as illness

  • reversible

    focuses on changing a condition back, not specifically curing a disease

反義詞
  • incurable

    direct opposite; impossible to cure

  • terminal

    used for an illness expected to cause death rather than be cured

文法句型

curable + noun

be + curable

find/prove something curable

用法筆記

Usually describes diseases, infections, cancers, or other health conditions rather than ordinary problems or damaged objects. Often appears after be or before medical nouns such as curable cancer or curable disease.

常見錯誤

❌The broken screen is curable.
✅The broken screen is repairable.
💡curable is normally used for illnesses or medical conditions, not objects.
❌Doctors said the infection is cured.
✅Doctors said the infection is curable.
💡cured means it has already been made well; curable means treatment can still succeed.