available

adjective
🔊/əˈveɪləbl/
🔊/əˈveɪləbl/
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  1. that you can get, buy or find可获得的;可购得的;可找到的
    • available resources/data可用资源/数据
    • Most available evidence suggests that home-schooled children are getting a good education.大多数现有证据表明,在家上学的孩子正在接受良好的教育。
    • Further details are available on request.可根据要求提供更多详细信息。
    • We'll send you a copy as soon as it becomes available.一有货我们就会给你寄一本去。🔊🔊
    • We have plenty of office space available.我们有足够的办公空间。
    • The document is now commercially available in electronic form.该文档现在可以电子形式在市场上买到。
    • readily/widely/freely/publicly available随时/广泛/免费/公开可用
    • available from somebody/something Tickets are currently available at reduced prices from the festival office.目前,节日办公室可以减价出售门票。
    • available for something This data is still available for download on the company's website.该数据仍然可以在公司的网站上下载。
    • available to somebody When will the information be made available to the public?何时将这些信息提供给公众?
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    • Tickets are available free of charge from the school.学校有免费票。🔊🔊
    • This was the only room available.这是唯一可用的房间。🔊🔊
    • Every available doctor was called to the scene.所有能找到的医生都被召集到了现场。🔊🔊
    • Grants should be available for all students.所有的学生都应该可以申请助学金。
    • He has $10 000 of immediately available funds.他有 10,000 美元可随时取用的资金。
    • The DVDs are available for purchase.这些 DVD 可以买到。
    • The houses are built using locally available materials.这些房子是就地取材建造的。
    • The product will now be made available throughout the market.这种产品现在可以在市场上买到。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • make something
    adverb
    • easily
    • freely
    • readily
    preposition
    • for
    • from
    • to
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  2. (of a person) free to see or talk to people有空的
    • Will she be available this afternoon?今天下午她有空吗?🔊🔊
    • She is in a meeting at present, but I will let you know as soon as she becomes available.她正在开会,她一有空我就通知你。
    • available to do something They'll be available to help every day next week.他们将在下周每天为您提供帮助。
    • available for something The director was not available for comment.主管没有时间发表意见。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    phrases
    • not available for comment
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  3. (informal) (of a person) not currently involved in a sexual or romantic relationship
    • the pool of available singles可用单身人群
    • Do you think he's available?你认为他有空吗?
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘effectual, serviceable’ and ‘legally valid’): from avail + -able. The sense ‘at someone's disposal’ dates from the early 19th cent.