機器和程式配得起來
同一個檢驗標準用在科技產品上：不同廠牌的硬體或軟體湊在一起還能正常運作，就叫相容。
compatible (tech) · adjective · B1
Able to be used together with a particular machine or program without problems.
相容的
核心畫面
Picture two things put in the same place and nothing goes wrong: no clash, no error, no friction. The word never says they are alike — only that they can sit together. Plugs and software, two policies, two people: same test each time.
可以想成：兩樣東西放在一起，結果什麼問題都沒發生——不衝突、不出錯、不卡住。這個字從來沒說兩者「很像」，只說它們可以…更多收起
可以想成：兩樣東西放在一起，結果什麼問題都沒發生——不衝突、不出錯、不卡住。這個字從來沒說兩者「很像」，只說它們可以並存。插頭跟軟體、兩項政策、兩個人，用的都是同一個檢驗標準。From the picture
兩個人合得來
把同樣的標準放到人身上：想法和喜好夠接近，相處起來不會一直摩擦，所以可以長久走在一起。
compatible (people) · adjective · B1
Able to get on well together because you share similar ideas and interests.
合得來的
Also in this word
not conflicting · adjective · B2
Not clashing with each other, so both can exist or happen at the same time.
可並存的；相容的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
compatibleadj/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/
- 1
Capable of working together without conflict.
- This printer isn't compatible with my computer.
- 2
Able to get along well.
- My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.
- 3
Consistent; congruous.
- His actions were compatible with his sermons.
- She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
compatiblenoun/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/
- 1
Something that is compatible with something else.
- a computer company that sells IBM compatibles
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。