考研英语词汇辨析(6)feasible、practicable 和 workable

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导读:

  这三个形容词表示“可行的”、“行得通的”的意思。

  feasible “可行的”、“行得通的”,正式用词,指某事可以实现,或指考虑种种不利因素后仍然可行。

  1) The report indicates that it is financially feasible to build a reservoir and a water power station in the area.

  (这份报告表明在该地区建造一个水库和一个水电站经济上是可行的。)

  2)We must think out a feasible method to solve the problem as soon as possible.

  (我们必须想出一个切实可行的能尽快解决这个问题方法。)

  practicable “可实行的”, 一般用词,语气较弱,指某事有实现的可能性。

  3) We cannot accept your suggestion because it does not seem practicable.

  (我们不能接受你的建议,因为它似乎是行不通的。)

  4) Some of suggestions have been adopted but others have been turned down as they are considered to be not practicable.

  (一些建议被采纳,但有些建议被拒绝,因为它们都被认为是不实用的。)

  workable “切实可行的”、语气比practicable强,某事实现的可能性较大。

  5) This is not to suggest that all daydreaming or leisurely contemplation results in valid and workable ideas — far from it.

  (这并不是说所有白日梦或者悠闲的冥想都能产生有效的和可行的想法 —— 远不是如此。)

  6)Nobody can be confident that US has yet a workable solution to its banking disaster.

  (没有人可以确信美国目前会有能解决其银行灾难的可行办法。)

  work

  come off

  动词work和动词短语come off 也有“可行”、“行得通的”、“奏效”的意思。

  1) Your idea sounds good, but I am not sure that it will really work in the project.

  (你的主意听起来不错,但我不能确定它在这项目中是否行得通。)

  2) Critical thinking is the examnination and testing of suggested solutions to see whether they will work.

  (批判性思维是对提出的解决指办法进行检测,看它们是否行得通。)

  3) If the new method does not come off, we’ll have to fall back on the old one.

  (如果新的方法行不通,我们只好依靠原来的方法。)