able

able /'eibl/
  • tính từ
    • có năng lực, có tài
      • an able co-op manager: một chủ nhiệm hợp tác xã có năng lực
      • an able writer: một nhà văn có tài
      • to be able to: có thể
      • to be able to do something: có thể làm được việc gì
    • (pháp lý) có đủ tư cách, có đủ thẩm quyền

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): ability, disability, inability, enable, disable, able, unable, disabled, ably

Xem thêm: capable, able-bodied



able

Từ điển Collocation

able adj.

1 able to do sth having the ability to do sth

VERBS be, feel, prove, seem

ADV. perfectly, quite, well He is well able to take care of himself. | better, more Once you've had some sleep you'll feel better able to cope. | just I was just able to make out a dark figure in the distance. | barely, hardly, only just, scarcely | less

2 clever; doing your job well

VERBS be, seem She seems very able.

ADV. extremely, very | fairly, reasonably

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

    able to swim

    she was able to program her computer

    we were at last able to buy a car

    able to get a grant for the project

  • have the skills and qualifications to do things well; capable

    able teachers

    a capable administrator

    children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable

  • having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity

    able to learn

    human beings are able to walk on two feet

    Superman is able to leap tall buildings

  • having a strong healthy body; able-bodied

    an able seaman

    every able-bodied young man served in the army

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

abler|ablest
syn.: capable efficient qualified skillful
ant.: incapable unable