passable

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pass‧a‧ble /ˈpɑːsəbəl $ ˈpæ-/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: ↑pass, ↑overpass ≠ ↑underpass, ↑passage, ↑passing; adjective: ↑passing, ↑passable ≠ ↑impassable; verb: ↑pass]
1. formal fairly good, but not excellent:
The food was excellent and the wine was passable.
He can do a passable imitation of the maths teacher.
2. a road or river that is passable is not blocked, so you can travel along it or across it OPP impassable
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THESAURUS
▪ satisfactory good enough – often used when something reaches a fairly good standard, but is not of a high standard: Her grades are satisfactory. | For a beginner, this camera produces satisfactory results.
▪ all right/OK spoken not bad, but not very good: The meal was all right, but rather expensive. | ‘How was the film?’ ‘It was OK.’
▪ reasonable fairly good: a reasonable standard of living | The quality of the food was reasonable.
▪ acceptable if something is acceptable to you, you think it is good enough and you are willing to take it: an acceptable offer | an acceptable level of risk | They can't find a solution that is acceptable to both sides.
▪ adequate enough in quantity, or of a good enough standard. Adequate sounds rather formal and is used especially in official contexts: an adequate supply of drinking water | adequate standards of hygiene
▪ decent especially spoken good enough in quality – used especially when something is as good as most other things: I want my kids to get a decent education. | Where can I get a decent cup of coffee? | The food’s decent and the service is good.
▪ passable satisfactory, but not of the best quality – used especially about food and drink, or someone’s skill at doing something. Passable sounds rather formal: a passable French wine | His Japanese was passable. | a passable imitation of Barack Obama
▪ be up to scratch informal to be of a good enough standard: His work wasn’t up to scratch. | None of the hotels they suggested were up to scratch.
▪ will do informal to be good enough for a particular purpose: Any kind of paper will do. | ‘How about Ken?’ ‘I suppose he’ll do.’

passablehu

◎	['pɑ:səbl]
※	tính từ
	■	có thể qua lại được
		☆	this stream is passable for boats
			dòng sông này thuyền bè có thể qua lại được
	■	khá tốt, nhưng không xuất sắc; vừa phải, tàm tạm
		☆	a passable knowledge of French
			sự hiểu biết tàm tạm về tiếng Pháp
	■	có thể thông qua được (đạo luật...)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  adequate, fair to middling, tolerable
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  impassable, unpassable