dispensable
/dɪˈspensəbl/adjective
1- able to be replaced or done without; superfluous可替代的; 可有可无的; 多余的:
the captain's loss of form made him dispensable.
船长失落的状态使他成了累赘。
1.1
- (of a law or other rule) able to be relaxed in special cases(法律或其他规则)在特定情况下可放宽的, 可通融的。
派生词
dispensability
noun词源
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'permissible in special circumstances'): from medieval Latin dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare (see DISPENSE).