interoperable
/ˌɪntərˈɒpərəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪntərˈɑːpərəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /"+/ (ame, mw)
interoperable — 形容詞
- interoperablepositive
- more interoperablecomparative
- most interoperablesuperlative
1. describes computer systems, software, or devices made by different companies tha
可互通的
不同系統能彼此交換資料、共同運作
describes computer systems, software, or devices made by different companies that can share data and operate alongside each other without special setup.
Rachid built the hospital's records platform to be interoperable with every clinic system the staff use.
Rachid 把醫院的病歷平台設計成能與員工使用的每一家診所系統互通。
interoperable with [system] — typical complement pattern
The new transit cards are interoperable across subway lines, buses, and ferry terminals.
新版交通卡可在地鐵、公車和渡輪碼頭之間互通使用。
interoperable across [domain] — coverage scope
Gabriela complained that the two design tools her team bought were never fully interoperable.
Gabriela 抱怨團隊買的兩套設計工具一直無法完全互通。
European regulators now require messaging apps to be interoperable across different services.
歐洲監管機構現在要求各家通訊軟體必須能跨不同服務互通。
Engineers spent six months testing whether the new radios were interoperable with old fire-department equipment.
工程師花了六個月測試新型無線電是否能與消防隊的舊設備互通。
- compatible
everyday equivalent; works for systems but also for personalities, blood types, etc.
- cross-platform
narrower; specifically about software that runs on multiple operating systems
- incompatible
general opposite; widely used across registers
- proprietary
implies the opposite by design — locked to one vendor
文法句型
interoperable with [system]
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a technical system, device, format, or piece of software — not a person or an everyday object. Most often appears predicatively (be / become / remain interoperable), frequently followed by 'with'.