a·vail·a·ble
adjective OPAL W
/əˈveɪləbl/
/əˈveɪləbl/
- that you can get, buy or find
可获得的；可购得的；可找到的 - available resources/data
可用资源/数据 - Most available evidence suggests that home-schooled children are getting a good education.
大多数现有证据表明，在家接受教育的儿童正在接受良好的教育。 - Further details are available on request.
详情备索。 - We'll send you a copy as soon as it becomes available.
一有货我们就会给你寄一本去。 - We have plenty of office space available.
我们有足够的办公空间。 - The document is now commercially available in electronic form.
该文件现已以电子形式在商业上提供。 - readily/widely/freely/publicly available
可以容易得到的；随处可得的；免费获得的；公众可用的 - available from somebody/something Tickets are currently available at reduced prices from the festival office.
艺术节办公室目前有优惠票出售。 - available for something This data is still available for download on the company's website.
该数据仍可在公司网站下载。 - available to somebody When will the information be made available to the public?
信息何时才会公开？
Extra Examples- Tickets are available free of charge from the school.
门票可以从学校免费获得。 - This was the only room available.
这是唯一可用的房间。 - Every available doctor was called to the scene.
所有可用的医生都被召集到现场。 - Grants should be available for all students.
所有的学生都应该可以申请助学金。 - He has $10 000 of immediately available funds.
他有 10,000 美元可随时取用的资金。 - The DVDs are available for purchase.
这些 DVD 可以买到。 - The houses are built using locally available materials.
这些房子是就地取材建造的。 - The product will now be made available throughout the market.
这种产品现在可以在市场上买到。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- easily
- freely
- readily
- …
- for
- from
- to
- …
- available resources/data
- (of a person) free to see or talk to people
有空的 - Will she be available this afternoon?
今天下午她有空吗？ - She is in a meeting at present, but I will let you know as soon as she becomes available.
她正在开会，她一有空我就通知你。 - available to do something They'll be available to help every day next week.
下周他们每天都有空可以帮忙。 - available for something The director was not available for comment.
主管没有时间发表意见。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- not available for comment
- Will she be available this afternoon?
- (informal) (of a person) not currently involved in a sexual or romantic relationship
单身的 - the pool of available singles
可用的单身人士池 - Do you think he's available?
你觉得他有空吗？
- the pool of available singles
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘effectual, serviceable’ and ‘legally valid’): from avail + -able. The sense ‘at someone's disposal’ dates from the early 19th cent.