accessible
/əkˈsesəbl/adjective
1
- (of a place) able to be reached or entered（地方）可到达的; 可进入的：
the building has been made accessible to disabled people.
这建筑使得残疾人也可进入。
1.1
- able to be easily obtained or used易得到的; 易使用的：
making learning opportunities more accessible to adults.
使成人有更多的学习机会。
1.2
- easily understood or appreciated易懂的, 可以理解的：
his Latin Grammar is lucid and accessible.
他的拉丁语语法明白易懂。
1.3
- able to be reached, entered, or used by people who have a disability残疾人可以到达（进入或使用）的：
features such as non-slip floors and accessible entrances.
诸如防滑地板和残疾人通道等设施。
2
- (of a person, especially one in a position of authority or importance) friendly and easy to talk to; approachable（人, 尤指权威人士或要员）平易近人的：
he is more accessible than most tycoons.
他比大多数大亨都要平易近人。
WORD TRENDS
Although the frequency of use of accessible has remained fairly static in the last few decades, the way it is being used has changed significantly. A new sense referring specifically to the way in which something can be used or accessed by people with a disability emerged in 1970. Though US in origin, the sense is now just as common in the UK, with the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 containing numerous provisions for accessibility. Used most literally, it refers to the ease with which disabled people can physically enter a place, or use a service: they're actively trying to expand the accessible bus network ｜ there are fully accessible toilets on all three floors. Accessible is also used to refer to computing tools and websites that can easily be used by people with disabilities.
派生词
accessibility
nounaccessibly
adverb词源
late Middle English: from late Latin accessibilis, from Latin access- 'approached', from the verb accedere （see ACCEDE）.