palatable

英 [ˈpælətəbl]

美 [ˈpælətəbl]

adj.  可口的; 味美的; 宜人的; 可意的; 可接受的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 可口的；味美的
  having a pleasant or acceptable taste
• 宜人的；可意的；可接受的
  pleasant or acceptable to sb
  1. Some of the dialogue has been changed to make it more palatable to an American audience.
     有些对白有所修改以适应美国观众的口味。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 美味的；可口的
  If you describe food or drink aspalatable, you mean that it tastes pleasant.
  1. ...flavourings and preservatives, designed to make the food look more palatable.
     用于使食物看起来更加可口的调味料和防腐剂
• ADJ-GRADED （想法、方法等）合意的，可接受的
  If you describe something such as an idea or method aspalatable, you mean that people are willing to accept it.
  1. ...a palatable way of sacking staff...
     可以接受的裁员方式
  2. That option is not very palatable.
     那个选择不太可以接受。

英英释义

adj

• acceptable to the taste or mind
  1. palatable food
  2. a palatable solution to the problem
  Synonym:toothsome

双语例句

• The main dish had little flavor, but I made it palatable by adding condiments.
  主菜没什么味道，不过我加了调味料使它味美可口。
• Some patients find shohl's solution more palatable.
  有些病人感到shohl氏溶液较为可口。
• He shared his broth with a few friends, although the flavor was far from palatable.
  他将他熬制的汤水与一些朋友共同分享，尽管汤的味道并不鲜美。
• That option is not very palatable.
  那个选择不太可以接受。
• Businesses buying emissions permits in a global market would be politically more palatable than official development aid.
  企业在全球市场购买排放配额的行为，在政治上要比官方的发展援助更加受人欢迎。
• They will pilfer its effects and, by next summer, produce a domesticated, more palatable version.
  他们将窃取的影响，并通过明年夏天，产生一个驯化，更可口的版本。
• The conclusion of this study might not be palatable to all clinicians, admitted the lead investigator.
  主要研究者承认，这一研究结论可能并不被所有医生所接受。
• He was a more palatable interlocutor for the West than Mr Putin had been.
  他相对于普京来说是一个更加合适和西方进行愉悦对话的总统。
• Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it.
  虽然食物变得不再可口，但他很快就完全习惯了。
• This course is quite palatable.
  这道菜非常鲜美可口。