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abler 音标拼音: ['ebəlɚ] ['eblɚ] able的比较级 able的比较级 Abler \ A" bler\, a., comp. of { Able}. -- { A" blest}, a., superl. of { Able}. [ 1913 Webster] Ablet
Able \ A" ble\, a. [ comp. { Abler}; superl. { Ablest}.] [ OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. { Habile} and see { Habit}.] 1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] A many man, to ben an abbot able. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. [ 1913 Webster] No man wrote abler state papers. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. [ 1913 Webster] Note: { Able for}, is Scotticism. " Hardly able for such a march." -- Robertson. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful. [ 1913 Webster] |
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