| 单词 | viable |
| 释义 | viableWord family adjectiveviablenounviability vi·a·ble /ˈvaɪəbəl/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 POSSIBLEa viable idea, plan, or method can work successfully 〔想法、计划或方法〕切实可行的 viable alternative/proposition/option etc The committee came forward with one viable solution. 委员会提出了一个切实可行的解决方案。 economically/commercially/financially viable ► see thesaurus at possible Will a hotel here be financially viable? 在这里建一家酒店从资金上说可行吗？ 2 technical able to continue to live or to develop into a living thing 能存活的；能生长发育的 OPP non-viable viable seeds 可存活的种子 —viably adverbadv —viability /ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountableU] the long-term economic viability of the company 公司长期的经济可行性 n COLLOCATIONS adverbs economically/commercially/financially viable nounsNew projects must be economically viable. a viable alternative We want to make public transport a viable alternative to using cars. a viable option Moving the company was not a viable option. a viable proposition (=an idea that will work) Is this kind of tourism a viable proposition? a viable solution Perhaps the only viable solution is to merge the hospitals. a viable business He turned the farm into a viable business. Examples from the Corpus viable• They are in favour of the program, but they want strong assurances that it is viable.• These approaches produced successes, and the subfield of expert systems became commercially viable.• Nuclear energy is the only viable alternative to coal or gas.• This leaves criminal prosecution as the only viable option.• These are the kinds of decisions on which viable performance improvement is ultimately based.• Do you think this is a viable proposition?• The only viable route to a future of growth is to allow these basic human activities free rein.• The investment remains beyond reach for many, but the choices today are much broader and more viable than 10 years ago.• Response to radiotherapy was assessed and further laser treatment performed if a viable tumour was identified. economically/commercially/financially viable• Nuclear power has never been economically viable.• Two other developments have helped to make mains signalling commercially viable.• With a minimum wage this nursery would no longer have been financially viable.• They've devised a series of guidelines that will enable the beauty spot to stay both commercially viable and beautiful.• In recent years coal gasification has become increasingly economically viable due to technological developments.• What was once an economically viable privilege becomes an economically unviable entitlement.• The growth of competition put paid to repeated attempts by the railways and the political authorities to establish a financially viable railway.• A number of grants and incentives are available for projects which are socially desirable, but not commercially viable without support. From Longman Business Dictionary viablevi·a·ble /ˈvaɪəbəl/ adjectiveadj 1a viable plan, system, suggestion etc is realistic and therefore may succeed We had two months to come up with aviable proposal for saving the factory. If investors find that approach viable, there are no rules to stop them doing that. 2FINANCEa viable company or organization is making a profit and can continue to do business We had to reduce staff to survive as a viable firm. The auditors will decide whether or not the bank iseconomically viable. (1800-1900) French vie “life”, from Latin vita; → VITAL |
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