survivable

IPA/səˈvaɪvəbl/
KK[sɚvˈaɪvəbəl]IPA/sərˈvaɪvəbl/

survivable — adjective

  • survivablepositive
  • more survivablecomparative
  • most survivablesuperlative

1. A survivable illness, injury, accident, or other dangerous situation is very ser

1.形容詞B2
釋義

A survivable illness, injury, accident, or other dangerous situation is very serious but does not kill the people who experience it.

例句

The doctor told Mr. Chen that his injuries from the car crash were survivable.

survivable + that-clause in a medical prognosis

Most knife wounds to the arms or legs are survivable if treated quickly.

passive construction: be survivable if [condition]

同義詞
  • non-fatal

    more formal, common in medical and statistical writing

  • recoverable

    focuses on the possibility of getting better, not just avoiding death

  • treatable

    narrower in scope — applies mainly to medical conditions that can be treated successfully

反義詞
  • fatal

    opposite meaning — causes death

  • deadly

    likely to cause death

  • terminal

    of a disease — leading to death, with no chance of recovery

文法句型

survivable + noun (attributive)

noun + be + survivable (predicative)

用法筆記

Commonly used with nouns that describe medical conditions, injuries, accidents, or dangerous situations. The subject is always a situation or condition — never a person. For example, say 'the accident was survivable', not 'he was survivable.'

常見錯誤

❌The patient is survivable.
✅The patient's injuries are survivable.
💡The adjective describes the situation or condition, not the person experiencing it.