Able

(adj.) (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; 'able to swim'; 'she was able to program her computer'; 'we were at last able to buy a car'; 'able to get a grant for the project' .

(adj.) having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; 'able to learn'; 'human beings are able to walk on two feet'; 'Superman is able to leap tall buildings' .

(adj.) have the skills and qualifications to do things well; 'able teachers'; 'a capable administrator'; 'children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable' .

(adj.) having a strong healthy body; 'an able seaman'; 'every able-bodied young man served in the army' .

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• Few people of common prudence will do THAT; and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But if she does, I am quite sure you will find her sons able to defend their island, even against enmity and treachery. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• If it were even to take pains to prevent their importation, it would not be able to effectuate it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is modernly used as a luxury by those who are able to combine with it other means for heating. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It is fortunate, for you will perhaps be able to post me up. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Half a dozen able-bodied men were standing in a line from the well-mouth, holding a rope which passed over the well-roller into the depths below. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• That he leaves to abler and to purer hands. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Let us add to what has been written above a short passage from an abler and far more authoritative pen. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He was a more learned and far abler man than either St. Francis or St. Dominic. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As for the Sultan, one could set a trap any where and catch a dozen abler men in a night. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Forrest, an abler soldier, operated farther west, and held from the National front quite as many men as could be spared for offensive operations. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The abler speakers were obliged to play to the gallery, and take a sentimental and sensational line. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Twombly, Vanderbilt's ablest son-in-law, who made a success of it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Rawlins, who proved himself one of the ablest speakers in the State. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• One of the ablest of the Church Fathers regretted his early education and said that it woul d have been better for him if he had never heard of Democritus. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Send with it Wright's best division or division under his ablest commander. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Holland, Germany, France, England and America have, through some of their ablest hydraulic engineers and inventors, produced most remarkable results in these various forms of pumps. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I have said before that Hamer was one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In his death the army lost one of its ablest, purest and best generals. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Greece in the days of her glory greatly improved the art, and some of her ablest men wrote valuable treatises on its different topics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The most careful attendance upon the ablest instructions of any private teacher cannot always give any title to demand them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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