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extricable

UK/'ekstrikәbl/US
GRE

Definitions

adj.

Able to be freed from a difficulty or entanglement

可解脱的,可摆脱的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ex-out of, former
+
tricentangled, complicated
+
-ablecapable of, worthy of
=extricable

extricate + -able = 'able to be untangled / freed.' Far more common in the negative inextricable ('impossible to separate'), as in inextricably linked.

Root intric still carries 8 more words

Common Collocations

  • 1.barely extricable几乎无法剥离的
  • 2.not easily extricable不易摆脱的

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The problem seemed barely extricable from the larger crisis.

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