Acceptable

(adj.) worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; 'acceptable levels of radiation'; 'performances varied from acceptable to excellent' .

(adj.) adequate for the purpose; 'the water was acceptable for drinking' .

(adj.) judged to be in conformity with approved usage; 'acceptable English usage' .

手打:波莉

• DEAR SIR, I am glad the little book[23] proved acceptable. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• One thing it is to say that all proposals must ultimately win the acceptance of the majority; it is quite another to propose nothing which is not immediately acceptable. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• You may guess, after all these expenses, how very far we must be from being rich, and how acceptable Mrs. Ferrars's kindness is. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• These parties were acceptable to all; to avoid a family circle was even more desirable to such as did think, than such as did not. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It comes, too, in such an acceptable moment. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• To men of every occupation and grade he was acceptable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Pray make my compliments and best wishes acceptable to your bride. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• By thus giving a popular character to the work, to make it acceptable to the young, it is hoped that it will not be found less worthy, on that account, the perusal of those more advanced in life. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It was an idea more acceptable to the German mind than to the British or French. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And extremely acceptable it is, for we must live at a great expense while we are here. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• They were acceptable to me, because they echoed my own mind, and confirmed my own knowledge. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• They involved an assertion of the unity of God and some acceptable generalizations about righteousness. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He knew it to be his due, but his due was acceptable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• They should be acceptable as Abel's offering; and doubtless would be, if the object deserved them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• To her cousins she became occasionally an acceptable companion. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• If the same annual compliment would be acceptable there, why, I see nothing to part us, unless you do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• If you by the freedom of your office, makes it more likely to convey a letter to her, it would be acceptable to me. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Oh, cousin, you do not know how acceptable it is. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But that the most acceptable service to God is doing good to man. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Friend Wamba, said he, of all those who are fools enough to serve Cedric, thou alone hast dexterity enough to make thy folly acceptable to him. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And it is, I cannot but confess it, it is too often--hem--acceptable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Some little present of furniture too may be acceptable then. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• On the contrary, they are most acceptable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The insinuating softness was not more acceptable than the inquisitorial curiosity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was acceptable to hear a lady address him as Martin, and not Mr. Martin or Master Martin, which form would have lost her his good graces for ever. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Please to make my best respects acceptable to Mrs. Shipley, and embrace for me tenderly all our dear children. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• These adaptations, no doubt, made the new teaching much more understandable and acceptable in Egypt and Syria and the like. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When the lion is awakened--that is to say, when I enrage--the satisfaction of my animosity is as acceptable to me as money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

整理:洛蒂