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viable

/ˈvaɪəbəl/· adj.

医学/科学B2

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Chinese meaning

可行的；有活性的

可kě存cún活huó的de；行xíng得dé通tōng的de

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冷lěng冻dòng16年nián的de组zǔ织zhī样yàng本běn依yī然rán具jù有yǒu活huó性xìng

Example

Testicle sample removed from a ten-year-old before chemotherapy and frozen proves viable 16 years later.

在化疗前从一名十岁男孩身上取出并冷冻的睾丸组织样本,16年后证明依然具有活性。

Source: Nature

Background ✎

Nature报bào道dào:男nán子zi儿ér时shí化huà疗liáo前qián冷lěng冻dòng保bǎo存cún的de睾gāo丸wán组zǔ织zhī,移yí植zhí回huí体tǐ内nèi后hòu成chéng功gōng恢huī复fù精jīng子zi生shēng成chéng能néng力lì,科kē学xué家jiā解jiě读dú其qí原yuán理lǐ。

Roots · etymology

源自法语 viable,追溯拉丁 vīta(生命)

  • vi(拉丁 vita,生命)+ -able(能…的)

Collocations

  • viable option/economically viable/prove viable

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