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visibility

noun
🔊/ˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/
🔊/ˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/
 [uncountable]
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  1. how far or well you can see, especially as affected by the light or the weather可见度；能见度；能见距离
    • good/poor/bad/zero visibility能见度高／低／差／为零
    • Visibility was down to about 100 metres in the fog.雾中的能见距离降到了大约 100 米。🔊🔊
    • The car has excellent all-round visibility (= you can see what is around you very easily from it).这辆车四周的视野极好。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The sand reduced visibility to a hundred yards.沙子将能见距离降低到 100 码。
    • We set a course in good visibility and calm seas.我们确定了一条能见度好、风浪小的航程。
    Topics Weatherc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clear
    • excellent
    • good
    • …
    verb + visibility
    • reduce
    visibility + verb
    • be down to something
    preposition
    • in… visibility
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  2. the fact of attracting attention or being easy to see可见性；明显性
    • The advertisements were intended to increase the company's visibility in the marketplace (= to make people more aware of its products and services).那些广告旨在使这家公司在市场中更加引人注目。
    • We aim to raise the visibility of ethnic minorities in our organization.我们力求使组织里的少数民族更受关注。
    see also high-visibility
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • high
    • greater
    • …
    verb + visibility
    • enhance
    • improve
    • increase
    • …
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from French visibilite or late Latin visibilitas, from Latin visibilis, from videre ‘to see’.