practicable

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practicable — 形容詞

  • practicablepositive
  • more practicablecomparative
  • most practicablesuperlative

1. If a plan, method, or course of action is practicable, real-world conditions — m

1.形容詞C1
釋義

可實行；可行

在現實條件下能夠實際執行的

If a plan, method, or course of action is practicable, real-world conditions — money, time, equipment, weather — actually allow you to carry it out, rather than just letting you imagine it on paper.

例句

The bridge design proved practicable in monsoon conditions after engineers tested it in Mumbai.

工程師在孟買測試後，這座橋的設計被證實在季風條件下確實可行。

predicative use: prove practicable in [conditions]

Mayor Chen asked whether finishing the new library by December was still practicable.

Chen 市長詢問新圖書館在十二月前完工是否仍然可行。

common in deadline assessments

常見搭配
  • prove practicable
  • deem practicable
  • as soon as practicable
  • where practicable
  • wherever practicable
  • no longer practicable
同義詞
  • feasible

    near-synonym; slightly more common and less formal

  • viable

    stresses ability to succeed and survive long-term, not just be carried out

  • workable

    more informal; suggests a plan that functions well enough in practice

  • achievable

    focuses on reaching a goal rather than the method being doable

反義詞

文法句型

it is practicable to + infinitive

as soon as practicable

用法筆記

Distinguish from 'practical': practicable describes whether something can physically be carried out given real conditions, while practical describes whether something is sensible or useful in everyday life. A plan can be practicable (doable) but not practical (worth doing), and vice versa. Common in formal, legal, and engineering writing — especially in the fixed phrase 'as soon as practicable'.

常見錯誤

These shoes are very practicable for hiking.
These shoes are very practical for hiking.
'practicable' is not used for everyday usefulness; use 'practical' for objects that work well in real life.
He is a practicable person who fixes things himself.
He is a practical person who fixes things himself.
'practicable' does not describe people; it describes plans, methods, or actions.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • a practicable plan
  • a practicable solution
  • a practicable method
  • a practicable route
  • a practicable proposal

副詞搭配

  • barely practicable
  • scarcely practicable
  • no longer practicable

常用片語

  • as soon as practicable
  • where practicable
  • wherever practicable
  • so far as is practicable

介系詞搭配

  • practicable for [task]
  • practicable in [conditions]