estimable
英 ['estɪməb(ə)l]
美['ɛstɪməbl]
- adj. 可估计的；可尊敬的；有价值的
助记提示
1. estimate => estim- + -able.
2. => valuable, estimable.
2. => valuable, estimable.
双语例句
- 1. He was an estimable, good natured man and a competent journalist.
- 他是一个值得尊重的 、 性情温和而有才能的新闻记者.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Repose of manner is an estimable trait in a horse.
- 神情镇定是一匹马可贵的特质.
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- 3. Winning is a good thing, but failure sometimes is also estimable.
- 胜利是可贵的, 而失败有时同样可敬!
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- 4. The value of a true friend is not estimable.
- 一个真正朋友的价值是无法估量的.
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- 5. A young lady fall in love with the estimable prelate.
- 一个年轻女士爱上了这位可尊敬的高级教士.
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英文词源
- estimable (adj.)
- mid-15c., "capable of being estimated," from Old French estimable and directly from Latin aestimabilis "valuable, estimable," from aestimare (see esteem (v.)). Meaning "worthy of esteem" in English is from 1690s.