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Whether something is able to actually work, survive, or succeed - that's viability. We talk about the viability of a business plan (can it really make money?), the viability of an idea (can it actually be done?), and in medicine, the viability of an baby (can it survive outside the body). It's a word mostly used in serious, careful discussion, not casual talk.
可行性;(醫學)(胎兒的)存活能力。
組成From "viable" (able to survive/work) + -ity (turns an adjective into a noun about that quality).
同家族的字
- viablethe adjective this noun is built from - a viable plan IS able to work
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。
viabilitynoun/ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/
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The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.
- 1904, Hugo DeVries, Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Ordinarily these altered organs are sterile, but in some instances a very small quantity of seed is produced, and when testing their viability I succeeded in raising a few plants from them.
- 1980, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address In making its grants the Endowment will increase its emphasis on techniques which stimulate support for the humanities from non-Federal sources, in order to reinforce our tradition of private philanthropy in this field, and to insure and expand the financial, viability of our cultural institutions and life.
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。