Picture something being held up against a bar or standard — it clears the bar. Not necessarily great, just good enough to pass and be let through.
可以想成把一個東西拿去對照一條標準線：它剛好過得了關。不一定多出色，但足以被接受、被放行。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
acceptableadj/əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
- 1
Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
- We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
- 2
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
- The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
acceptablenoun/əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
- 1
Someone or something that is acceptable.
- The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas.
- The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。