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单词 certifiable
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Definition of certifiable in English:

certifiable

adjective ˈsəːtɪfʌɪəb(ə)lˈsərdəˌfaɪəb(ə)l
  • 1Able or needing to be officially recorded.

    可证明的,需证明的;可申明的,需申明的

    encephalitis was a certifiable condition

    脑炎是可以正式确定的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two brief Ohio related conversations I had with Fred, who is a certifiable Toledo resident.
    • Press the button and, thanks to the on-board computer simply changing its settings, what had seemed an entirely adequate 400 bhp instantly becomes a certified and certifiable 507 bhp.
    • Moving ahead to the Skycar project had only increased the pressure to raise money, because of the vehicle's added complexity and the need to make it a practical, certifiable aircraft.
    • In fact, the number of babies who actually die of cot death has fallen dramatically since it was first accepted as a certifiable cause of death in 1971.
    • Our understanding of these developments, however, has been hampered by the lack of certifiable imperially sponsored Buddhist images of the Taihe period, as no dated examples have been identified.
    • But to market their product using the term ‘organic, ‘they must be certifiable.’
    • However, other characteristics certifiable with traceability are even more valued than traceability alone.
    • This is sophistry, mostly: a voluntary code hardly promises certifiable quality; and the FDA takes its guidelines for water from the EPA and enforces them less stringently.
    • They get mainly former military personnel, many of them retired, some of them who have just done one or two stints but who have certifiable skills in everything from being an infantryman to being a chopper pilot.
    • Play at ‘the birthplace of golf’ is limited to those with certifiable handicaps of 24 or lower (36 or lower for women).
    • Sometimes I have wondered how professors of literature can devote their entire professional careers to explicating the works of others, even when those others are certifiable geniuses.
    • If you can't document this, or if the potting soil does contain prohibited materials, the production from non-organic transplants for annual crops will NOT be certifiable.
  • 2Officially recognized as needing treatment for mental disorder.

    (正式认定)需接受精神病治疗的

    it is possible that he will have to return to hospital, but at the moment he is not certifiable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nash is a certifiable genius and a certifiable paranoid schizophrenic who we watch go through shock treatments and delusions galore.
    • Jack Straw, when home secretary, notoriously complained that he couldn't force people with BPS into mental hospitals, dangerous though they may be, because they are not mad, can't be treated and are therefore not certifiable.
    • If someone doesn't have a mental illness, if they're not certifiable, I suppose, under the Act, then there are very few avenues where they can go for treatment.
    • Is it appropriate for real people - some certifiable - to be humiliated for our collective amusement?
    1. 2.1informal Mad; crazy.
      〈非正式〉发疯的,精神失常的
      the world of fashion is almost entirely insane, the people who work in it mainly certifiable

      整个时装界几乎都得了精神病,其中的从业人员大多像疯子一样。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sent to Australia for every crime you'd care to mention, Billie Gould is given the task by the prison surgeon, one of the many certifiable characters in the novel, to paint exotic fish for the Royal Academy back home in London.
      • Well, in the past couple of days I've pretty much convinced myself I'm certifiable.
      • In her best novels, psychopaths collide with normal folk and as they rub along together, a murder here, a suicide there, the normal folk are soon revealed as certifiable.
      • Of course, Luhning readily admits to being drawn to those dark characters - he almost cast himself as the sociopathic lead in Ground Zero's Killer Joe last season, until he realized that people might start to believe he was certifiable.
      • You're a certifiable head case and belong in a padded cell.
      • Believing in demons is one thing; believing you have the ability to call up a supernatural being with infinite power and perfection who will cause demons to move on at your behest seems certifiable.
      • ‘I think the man is certifiable,’ Joe spat, ‘Talking about demons and that Kyle and Greg were Chosen to go on some Quest.’
      • Or think about ninety percent of all the literary protagonists we find most memorable - Ahab, Heathcliff, Stavrogin, even all the way back to Don Quixote - every one of them is certifiable.
      • Which I suppose could cause some people to think I am certifiable, which, honestly, I probably am, but I think the insanity gives my personality the edge it needs.
      • If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result, the Democrats are certifiable.
      • Anyone who has done seven is certifiable - you don't need to put me on an analyst's couch.
      • We get a glimpse of the horror and desperation of psychiatric illness, but for the most part the film is about girl-bonding and mild rebellion, like a slumber party for the certifiable.
      • If repetition was the definition of insanity, millions would be certifiable each and every New Year.

Derivatives

  • certifiably

  • adverb ˌsəːtɪˈfʌɪəbliˌsərdəˈfaɪəbli
    • I know this only because everyone who has ever lived there will be sure to tell you about it, about how there are maybe three or four certifiably hot days in the city and those will most likely happen in the winter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite half-cheering the initiative of the bad guys during the era of certifiably insane Prohibition, I still enjoyed seeing Capone and his loathsome flatterers justly brought undone in the end.
      • And even if you spend more on a certifiably ethical product, could you be accused of being morally abusive to your dependants or charities that would otherwise have received the extra money you blew on being morally superior?
      • Astonishingly, one has to be certifiably sane to be a true psychopath.
      • In my case I had a step-father trying to take my daughter from me by declaring that I was mad - not really technically, certifiably mad - just mad for leaving wonderful him.

Definition of certifiable in US English:

certifiable

adjectiveˈsərdəˌfīəb(ə)lˈsərdəˌfaɪəb(ə)l
  • 1Able or needing to be certified.

    encephalitis was a certifiable condition

    脑炎是可以正式确定的。

    little hope for certifiable progress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They get mainly former military personnel, many of them retired, some of them who have just done one or two stints but who have certifiable skills in everything from being an infantryman to being a chopper pilot.
    • However, other characteristics certifiable with traceability are even more valued than traceability alone.
    • Our understanding of these developments, however, has been hampered by the lack of certifiable imperially sponsored Buddhist images of the Taihe period, as no dated examples have been identified.
    • Sometimes I have wondered how professors of literature can devote their entire professional careers to explicating the works of others, even when those others are certifiable geniuses.
    • In fact, the number of babies who actually die of cot death has fallen dramatically since it was first accepted as a certifiable cause of death in 1971.
    • Two brief Ohio related conversations I had with Fred, who is a certifiable Toledo resident.
    • Play at ‘the birthplace of golf’ is limited to those with certifiable handicaps of 24 or lower (36 or lower for women).
    • Press the button and, thanks to the on-board computer simply changing its settings, what had seemed an entirely adequate 400 bhp instantly becomes a certified and certifiable 507 bhp.
    • Moving ahead to the Skycar project had only increased the pressure to raise money, because of the vehicle's added complexity and the need to make it a practical, certifiable aircraft.
    • If you can't document this, or if the potting soil does contain prohibited materials, the production from non-organic transplants for annual crops will NOT be certifiable.
    • But to market their product using the term ‘organic, ‘they must be certifiable.’
    • This is sophistry, mostly: a voluntary code hardly promises certifiable quality; and the FDA takes its guidelines for water from the EPA and enforces them less stringently.
  • 2Officially recognized as needing treatment for mental disorder.

    (正式认定)需接受精神病治疗的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Is it appropriate for real people - some certifiable - to be humiliated for our collective amusement?
    • Jack Straw, when home secretary, notoriously complained that he couldn't force people with BPS into mental hospitals, dangerous though they may be, because they are not mad, can't be treated and are therefore not certifiable.
    • Nash is a certifiable genius and a certifiable paranoid schizophrenic who we watch go through shock treatments and delusions galore.
    • If someone doesn't have a mental illness, if they're not certifiable, I suppose, under the Act, then there are very few avenues where they can go for treatment.
    1. 2.1informal Mad; crazy.
      〈非正式〉发疯的,精神失常的
      the world of fashion is almost entirely insane, the people who work in it mainly certifiable

      整个时装界几乎都得了精神病,其中的从业人员大多像疯子一样。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result, the Democrats are certifiable.
      • Believing in demons is one thing; believing you have the ability to call up a supernatural being with infinite power and perfection who will cause demons to move on at your behest seems certifiable.
      • ‘I think the man is certifiable,’ Joe spat, ‘Talking about demons and that Kyle and Greg were Chosen to go on some Quest.’
      • Or think about ninety percent of all the literary protagonists we find most memorable - Ahab, Heathcliff, Stavrogin, even all the way back to Don Quixote - every one of them is certifiable.
      • Anyone who has done seven is certifiable - you don't need to put me on an analyst's couch.
      • Well, in the past couple of days I've pretty much convinced myself I'm certifiable.
      • If repetition was the definition of insanity, millions would be certifiable each and every New Year.
      • We get a glimpse of the horror and desperation of psychiatric illness, but for the most part the film is about girl-bonding and mild rebellion, like a slumber party for the certifiable.
      • In her best novels, psychopaths collide with normal folk and as they rub along together, a murder here, a suicide there, the normal folk are soon revealed as certifiable.
      • Sent to Australia for every crime you'd care to mention, Billie Gould is given the task by the prison surgeon, one of the many certifiable characters in the novel, to paint exotic fish for the Royal Academy back home in London.
      • Which I suppose could cause some people to think I am certifiable, which, honestly, I probably am, but I think the insanity gives my personality the edge it needs.
      • Of course, Luhning readily admits to being drawn to those dark characters - he almost cast himself as the sociopathic lead in Ground Zero's Killer Joe last season, until he realized that people might start to believe he was certifiable.
      • You're a certifiable head case and belong in a padded cell.
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