a. 能干的, 能够的相关词组: spell able
Now he is able to walk without the help of crutches.
现在他能够脱离拐杖走路了。
Children are able to learn more quickly and retain more knowledge than adults.
小孩子能比大人学的更快更多。
We are able to cater for weddings, parties and banquets.
我们能为婚礼，派对还有宴席提供餐饮。
Will she be able to take good care of her donkey, Patrick so that her parents will buy her a pony?
她是否能照顾好这只名为派翠克的小驴子，让她爸妈知道她是有能力养一只小马的呢？
Are you able to come tomorrow?
你明天能来吗？
※Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable todistinguish what is worth reading.
※Let early education be a sort of a musement; you will then be bette able to find out the natural bent.——Plato, ancient Greek Philosophe初期教育应是一种娱乐，这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。古希腊哲学家 柏拉图
※Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .——(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辨。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)
※Perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life.——Alan Loy Mcginnis ,British writer或许你不能支配自己的工作，但你能够使生活发生转变。英国作家 麦金尼斯 A L
