violable
violable — adjective
- violablepositive
- more violablecomparative
- most violablesuperlative
1. describes a right, rule, agreement, or principle that can be broken, ignored, or
describes a right, rule, agreement, or principle that can be broken, ignored, or treated without respect.
The court said the privacy rule was violable only in a serious emergency.
pattern: be + violable
Rodrigo argued that a worker's dignity should never be treated as violable.
treat + object + as violable
The new policy made several once-protected limits seem violable to managers.
Yuna described the promise as violable because it included a clear escape clause.
In that debate, even basic ethical boundaries sounded violable under pressure.
- breakable
broader and much more common; often physical, but can also describe rules or promises
- breachable
common for contracts, duties, and security systems that can be broken through or not obeyed
- infringeable
rare and mainly legal; used of rights or limits that can be infringed
- inviolable
the direct opposite; too important or protected to be broken, ignored, or entered
- sacrosanct
stronger and more evaluative; treated as too important to question or change
文法句型
be + violable
violable + noun
treat + object + as violable
用法筆記
This is a rare formal adjective, most often used for abstract things such as rights, principles, promises, boundaries, rules, and agreements. In everyday speech, people usually say that something 'can be violated' or 'can be broken' instead.
常見錯誤
Do not use 'violable' to mean violent. A violable rule can be broken; a violent act uses physical force or causes harm.