movability

IPA/mˌuːvəbˈɪlɪti/
IPA/mˌuːvəbˈɪlᵻɾi/

movability — 名詞

1. how easily something can be lifted, shifted, or carried from one place to anothe

1.名詞C1
釋義

可移動性

物品能被搬動、挪移的容易程度

how easily something can be lifted, shifted, or carried from one place to another.

例句

The movability of the new desk meant Maeve could rearrange her office in minutes.

新書桌的可移動性,讓 Maeve 幾分鐘內就能重新安排辦公室。

the movability of [object] for ease of relocation

Engineers tested the movability of the bridge sections before lifting them onto the river supports.

工程師在把橋段吊上河中橋墩之前,測試了它們的可移動性。

tested the movability of [structure]

同義詞
  • mobility

    more common; also used of people and broad social movement, not just objects

  • portability

    stresses being light and easy to carry, often of devices

反義詞
  • immovability

    the quality of being fixed and impossible to shift

文法句型

the movability of [something]

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and followed by 'of': 'the movability of the parts'. Subject of the underlying quality is usually a physical object, machine part, or body joint rather than a person.

常見錯誤

The movabilities of the chairs were tested.
The movability of the chairs was tested.
💡movability is uncountable; do not add a plural -s.
Her movability around the city was difficult.
Getting around the city was difficult for her.
💡use movability for objects, not for a person's freedom to travel.