inhabitable

/ɪnˈhæbɪtəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbl/ (ame, ipa)

inhabitable — 形容詞

  • inhabitablepositive
  • more inhabitablecomparative
  • most inhabitablesuperlative

1. describes a place that is in good enough condition for people to make their home

1.形容詞B2
釋義

可居住的

適合人們居住的

describes a place that is in good enough condition for people to make their home or to stay in for a period of time

例句

After the flood damage was repaired, the Zhang family found their home inhabitable again.

洪水造成的損壞修好後，張家發現他們的房子又可居住了。

found + [place] + inhabitable again

Diego and Ana told the landlord that the basement room was barely inhabitable.

Diego 和 Ana 告訴房東，地下室的房間幾乎無法居住。

barely inhabitable

同義詞
反義詞
  • uninhabitable

    opposite meaning; describes a place that cannot be lived in

文法句型

no longer inhabitable

barely inhabitable

make + [place] + inhabitable

用法筆記

More formal than 'livable' and less common than 'habitable'. Often used when a place's condition has changed — after repairs it becomes inhabitable, or after damage it is no longer inhabitable.

常見錯誤

❌The apartment is inhabitable' (when meaning it is NOT livable).
✅The apartment is uninhabitable.
💡'inhabitable' means you CAN live there; the prefix 'in-' comes from Latin 'in-' meaning 'in/into', not the negative prefix 'un-'.