serviceable

• adj. 有用的，可供使用的；耐用的

service,服务，-able,表能够。引申词义可用的。

serviceable (adj.)

"ready to do service," early 14c., from Old French servicable, from servise (see service (n.1)). Related: Serviceability.

Edgar: I know thee well: a serviceable villain,
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire.
["King Lear," IV.vi.]

1. The carpet is worn but still serviceable.

地毯旧了，但还能用。

来自《权威词典》

2. Passports are frequently serviceable in proving the identity of the traveller.

护照往往可用来证明旅行者的身份.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. When this building is repaired, it will be serviceable.

这栋楼房修好后还可以住.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. A customer took a perfectly serviceable washing machine in for repair, only to be told it needed replacing.

一位顾客带着一台性能尚好的洗衣机来修，不料竟被告知该换洗衣机了。

来自柯林斯例句

5. His Arabic was not as good as his English, but serviceable enough.

他的阿拉伯语没有他的英语好，但是够用了。

来自辞典例句