estimable

英 [ˈestɪməbl]

美 [ˈestɪməbl]

adj.  值得尊重的; 值得敬佩的

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BNC.34949 / COCA.27308

牛津词典

adj.

• 值得尊重的；值得敬佩的
  deserving respect and admiration

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 值得尊敬的;值得敬仰的;值得仰慕的
  If you describe someone or something asestimable, you mean that they deserve admiration.
  1. ...the estimable Miss Cartwright.
     令人仰慕的卡特赖特小姐

英英释义

adj

• may be computed or estimated
  1. a calculable risk
  2. computable odds
  3. estimable assets
  Synonym:computable
• deserving of respect or high regard
• deserving of esteem and respect
  1. all respectable companies give guarantees
  2. ruined the family's good name
  Synonym:goodhonorablerespectable

双语例句

• I've noticed something when I ask people what they're reading: they often name some highly estimable, dense, serious book, and then confess that they've been reading it for months.
  我注意到当问别人正在读什么时：他们往往报出某本高度令人敬佩、厚厚的严肃书，随后承认已读了很久。
• A pound of a man's flesh taken from a man is not so estimable.
  从人身上取下的一磅肉并没什么价值。
• We always complain the coxcombry and realistic of the age, not knowing the stillness under which is more estimable and forceful as the penguin's diving.
  我们总是抱怨这个时代太浮夸，太现实，浑不觉这浮夸底下的沉静更可贵，更有企鹅潜水的突破力。
• In the recent years, some factories use chemical dyestuff and the mills adhering to use indigo become estimable and commendable.
  近年有的厂家改用化学染料，坚持用植物染料的作坊变得难能可贵。
• He is an estimable and likeable young fellow.
  他是一个难能可贵而又可爱的年轻人。
• Repose of manner is an estimable trait in a horse.
  神情镇定是一匹马可贵的特质。
• An estimable young professor; trains ran with admirable precision; his taste was impeccable, his health admirable.
  令人钦佩的年轻教授；列车运行得非常准；他的口味无可挑剔，身体也很健康。
• Tata Motors no doubt has been watching and learning as it invests in its estimable British brands.
  在投资建设这两个英国豪车品牌的同时，塔塔无疑也在不断观察和学习。
• It is no coincidence that economists who did predict the crisis, notably in Britain the estimable Bernard Connolly, looked at economics in a similar way.
  预见到这场危机的经济学家（在英国，最显著的是受人尊敬的伯纳德康纳利（bernardconnolly））抱持相近的经济学观点，这并非巧合。
• This is one kind of love, one kind of vast love, is one kind of estimable spirit quality.
  这是一种爱、一种博大的爱，又是一种难能可贵的精神品质。