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Sizeable means fairly large — big enough to notice, but not a word you would use for something huge. A sizeable crowd, a sizeable chunk of money, a sizeable difference.
Sizeablesizeable means意思是 fairly large相當大——big enough to notice大到會被注意到, but not a word you would use for something huge但不會拿來形容巨大的東西。A sizeable crowda sizeable crowd(相當多的人群), a sizeable chunk of moneya sizeable chunk of money(一大筆錢), a sizeable differencea sizeable difference(相當大的差異)。
It is a comfortable, slightly soft adjective: you are saying “this is no small thing” without giving a number.
It is這是 a comfortable, slightly soft adjective一個聽起來舒服、有點柔和的形容詞: you are saying你是在說 "this is no small thing"「這可不是小事」 without giving a number卻沒有給出確切的數字。
British spelling prefers sizeable (with the e); American spelling usually drops it and sizable. Both are the same word.
British spelling prefers英式拼法偏好 sizeable (with the e)sizeable(有 e); American spelling usually drops it美式拼法通常把 e 拿掉 and writes寫成 sizablesizable。Both are the same word兩個都是同一個字。
You will hear it in everyday talk and in writing; it is not slang and not stiff.
You will hear it你會聽到它 in everyday talk and in writing在日常對話和文章裡; it is not slang and not stiff它不是俚語,也不會顯得生硬。
It does not mean “can be measured” or “able to be given a size”, even though -able often means “can be…”. Here it just means “of a good size”.
It does not mean它不是...的意思 "can be measured" or "able to be given a size"「可以被測量」或「可以被賦予大小」, even though -able often means "can be…"儘管 -able 通常表示「可以⋯⋯」。Here在這裡 it just means它只是指 "of a good size"「大小相當可以」。
Compared with large, sizeable often feels a little milder, a little more spoken.
Compared with large跟 large 比起來, sizeable often feels a little mildersizeable 常常感覺溫和一點, a little more spoken也比較口語一點。
組成size + -able. For once -able does not mean “can be sized”; it makes an adjective meaning “having quite a bit of size”. British English keeps the e (sizeable); American English often writes sizable.
同家族的字
- sizehow big something is; sizeable means fairly large in size
原始詞典資料1 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。
sizeableadj
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Standard spelling of sizable.
- City look stronger, fitter and more motivated than last season and even at this early stage the gap feels like a sizeable advantage.
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。