If something is dispensable, you can do without it. It is not really needed, so people can drop it, cut it, or let it go without much trouble. We use it for extra tools, extra meetings, extra steps in a plan — the bits you can lose and still be fine.

If something is dispensable如果某樣東西是dispensable，you can do without it你沒有它也可以。It is not really needed它其實不是真的必要，so people can drop it, cut it, or let it go without much trouble所以人們可以不費什麼力氣就丟掉它、砍掉它，或放手。We use it for extra tools我們會用它形容多餘的工具、extra meetings多餘的會議、extra steps in a plan計畫裡多餘的步驟——the bits you can lose and still be fine那些你少了也沒關係的部分。

People use it for jobs and even for workers too, though that is a cold, office way of talking: it means the company could lose that person and keep going.

People use it for jobs and even for workers too人們也會用它形容工作，甚至用來形容員工，though that is a cold, office way of talking不過那是一種冷冰冰的辦公室說法：it means the company could lose that person and keep going意思是公司少了那個人也能繼續運作。

The word is a little formal. In everyday talk many people just say "we don't really need this." Though actually, you will meet the opposite, indispensable, far more often, and that is the one students mix up with this: indispensable means you cannot do without it.

The word is a little formal這個字有點正式。In everyday talk在日常對話裡，many people just say "we don't really need this."很多人只會說「we don't really need this」。Though actually不過其實，you will meet the opposite, indispensable, far more often你會更常遇到它的反義詞indispensable，and that is the one students mix up with this而這正是學生容易跟它搞混的字：indispensable means you cannot do without itindispensable意思是你沒有它不行。

Dispensable is the one you can drop.

Dispensable is the one you can dropDispensable才是你可以丟掉的那個。