In law, if something you say or do is actionable, it is bad or damaging enough that the other person could take you to court over it. A lie that ruins someone’s name, or a careless act that hurts them, might be actionable: it can support a claim in court.

In law在法律上 if something you say or do is actionable如果你說的話或做的事是actionable（可構成訴訟的） it is bad or damaging enough表示它嚴重或造成傷害到某個程度 that the other person could take you to court over it讓對方可以就這件事告你上法院 A lie that ruins someone's name一個毀掉某人名譽的謊言 or a careless act that hurts them或一個因粗心而傷害到別人的行為 might be actionable可能就是actionable it can support a claim in court它可以成為法院裡一項告訴的依據

Lawyers and news reports use this; it is formal.

Lawyers and news reports use this律師和新聞報導會用這個字 it is formal它是正式用語

The able here means “can be the basis of an action,” and action in court is a case, not “doing something.” Though actually, outside courtrooms the word has drifted.

The able here means這裡的able意思是 "can be the basis of an action,"「可以成為一個action的依據」 and action in court is a case而法庭上的action是指一個「案件」 not "doing something."不是「做某件事」 Though actually不過，其實 outside courtrooms the word has drifted在法庭之外，這個字的意思已經有了變化

In offices, actionable advice or actionable data now usually means “we can do something with this; it is practical, not just talk.” That newer sense is everywhere in business English, and it is the one students will hear more.

In offices在辦公室裡 actionable advice or actionable dataactionable advice（可執行的建議）或actionable data（可用的數據） now usually means現在通常是指 "we can do something with this; it is practical, not just talk."「我們可以拿這個做點什麼；這是實際可行的，不只是說說而已」 That newer sense is everywhere in business English這個比較新的意思在商業英文裡到處都是 and it is the one students will hear more也是學生比較常會聽到的那個意思

Same spelling, almost the opposite angle: one is “you could be sued,” the other is “you can act on it.” This entry is the court meaning.

Same spelling, almost the opposite angle拼法一樣，角度卻幾乎相反 one is "you could be sued,"一個是「你可能會被告」 the other is "you can act on it."另一個是「你可以照著這個去做」 This entry is the court meaning這個詞條講的是法庭的那個意思