ponderable

• 形容词，指可以被称量的，或值得认真考虑、有分量的；现代英语中较少使用。

An adjective meaning capable of being weighed or considered; now rarely used in modern English.

1. Capable of being weighedC2formal

   Having enough physical substance to be measured or weighed.

   可称量的

   • The scientist argued that the ether was not a ponderable substance.
   • In physics, ponderable matter is distinguished from energy.
   • The scale could only measure ponderable objects.

   同义词measurable

   反义词imponderableweightless

2. Capable of being consideredC2formal

   Important or significant enough to be thought about or considered carefully.

   值得考虑的

   • The committee discussed several ponderable issues.
   • Her argument raised ponderable questions about the future.
   • The consequences of the decision are ponderable.

   同义词consequentialconsiderableimportantmomentousnotablenoteworthysignificantweighty

   反义词inconsiderableinsignificantminornegligibletrivial