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practicable 音标拼音: [pr'æktəkəbəl] a. 可实行的,可做的,可用的 可实行的,可做的,可用的 practicable adj 1: usable for a specific purpose; " an operable plan"; " a practicable solution" [ synonym: { operable}, { practicable}] 2: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are [ synonym: { feasible}, { executable}, { practicable}, { viable}, { workable}] Practicable \ Prac" ti* ca* ble\, a. [ LL. practicare to act, transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable, pratiquer to practice. See { Practical}.] 1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. [ 1913 Webster] { Practicable breach} ( Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Possible; feasible. -- { Practicable}, { Possible}. A thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want of the means requisite to its performance. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Prac" ti* ca* ble* ness}, n. -- { Prac" ti* ca* bly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " practicable": accessible, accomplishable, achievable, actable, attainable, banausic, compassable, doable, effective, effectual, efficient, employable, feasible, functional, handy, manageable, maneuverable, manipulatable, negotiable, operable, operatable, operative, overcomable, performable, possible, practical, pragmatic, realizable, serviceable, superable, surmountable, usable, useful, viable, workable
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