If something is repairable, it is broken, but you can still fix it. You have not reached the point where you must throw it away.

If something如果某個東西 is repairable是repairable（可修理的），it is broken它是壞了，but你還是可以 you can still fix it修好它。You你 have not reached還沒到 the point where you must throw it away必須把它丟掉的地步。

We say this about phones, cars, bikes, washing machines — the everyday stuff shops and technicians talk about. ‘Is it repairable?’ often means two things at once: can it be fixed, and is it worth the money? A cheap toaster that costs more to fix than to replace is repairable in theory, but nobody will bother.

We say this我們會這樣說 about phones, cars, bikes, washing machines手機、汽車、腳踏車、洗衣機——the everyday stuff shops and technicians talk about店家和技師常談到的日常用品。'Is it repairable?'「Is it repairable？」often means常常同時有 two things at once兩個意思：can it be fixed能不能修，and is it worth the money還有值不值得花這個錢。A cheap toaster一台便宜的烤麵包機 that costs more to fix than to replace修理費比買新的還貴，is repairable in theory理論上是repairable，but nobody will bother但沒有人會想修。

People also stretch it to feelings and friendships (‘the damage is still repairable’), though that sounds a little literary. The tidy opposite in the dictionary is irreparable, which is quite formal; in ordinary talk people more often say ‘broken beyond repair.’ Repairable is an adjective. The thing is repairable; you repair it.

People人們 also也會 stretch it把它延伸用 to feelings and friendships到感情和友情上（'the damage is still repairable'「the damage is still repairable」），though不過 that sounds a little literary那聽起來有點文學性。The tidy opposite in the dictionary字典裡整整齊齊的反義詞 is is irreparableirreparable，which is quite formal相當正式；in ordinary talk日常對話裡，people more often say人們更常說 'broken beyond repair.'「broken beyond repair」（壞到沒救了）。Repairable is an adjectiveRepairable是形容詞。The thing東西 is repairable是repairable；you repair it你repair它。