| 单词 |
avoidable |
| 释义 |
avoidable, a.|əˈvɔɪdəb(ə)l| [f. avoid v. + -able.] 1. Liable to be made void or become invalid; voidable. ? Obs.
a1677Hale (J.) The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. 1818Colebrooke Obligations i. 228 The acts of a madman, lunatic, or idiot..are void or avoidable. †2. To be avoided or shunned. Obs.
1610Healey St. Aug. City of God 752 If those evills make it avoydable, what is become of the blisse? 1744Harris Three Treat. (1841) 57 Another division of things external; that is, pursuable, avoidable, and indifferent. 3. Capable of being avoided or escaped.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. iii. §52 If the cause of it be some voluntary and avoidable fault, the Errour is it selfe sinfull. 1859Mill Liberty 176 From idleness or from any other avoidable cause. |

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