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| 1 | considered by most people as reasonable or as being something that can be allowed 可接受的；可允许的 |
| socially/politically/morally acceptable Pollution on this level is no longer socially acceptable. 如此程度的污染已不再被社会所接受。 |
| +to The proposals must be acceptable to the shareholders. 这些提议必须是股东们可接受的。 |
| acceptable for sb to do sth By the 1960s, it was becoming more acceptable for women to work in management. 到了20世纪60年代，妇女进入管理层工作变得更为人们所接受。 |
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| 2 | good enough for a particular purpose or situation 合意的；令人满意的 |
| Their success rate is an acceptable 65%. 他们的成功率是令人满意的65%。 |
| | 2a | good enough but not very good 勉强的；仅仅合格的 | | The service was attentive, the food acceptable but somewhat uninspiring. 服务很周到，食物勉强可以，但没什么新意。 | |
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| acceptability noun U |
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| acceptably adv |
| acceptably low levels of risk 可接受的低风险度 |
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