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soluble
1、 Able to be dissolved in a liquid, especially water.
2、 Able to be solved or explained.
🌱To an optimistic young principal, the problems of a school like this one might seem challenging but soluble. 🌳Soluble looks like a word that should be confined to chemistry labs, though it's often used by nonchemists as well to describe substances that can be dissolved in liquids. On the other hand, the sense of soluble meaning "solvable" is also quite common. In this sense, soluble, like its opposite, insoluble, is usually paired with problem.If only all life's problems were soluble by stirring them in a container filled with water. absolution The act of forgiving someone for their sins.
🌱Every week she would kneel to confess her little sins and receive absolution from the priest. 🌳Since the Latin absolutus meant "set free," it's easy to see how absolution came to mean "set free from sin." （And also easy to see why absolute means basically "pure"—that is, originally, "free of sin."） The verb for absolution is absolve. Just as a priest absolves believers of their sins, you may absolve your brother of blame for a household disaster, or you yourself may in time be absolved for that scrape on the car backing out of a parking space. dissolution The act or process of breaking down or apart into basic components, as through disruption or decay.
🌱The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. was probably the most momentous event of the last quarter of the 20th century. 🌳Dissolution is the noun form of dissolve, but it's a much less common word. Still, we refer to the fact that the dissolution of American marriages became far more common in the later 20th century. Or that when India won its independence in 1948, the dissolution of the once-global British empire was all but complete. Or that factors such as crime and drugs might be contributing to the dissolution of contemporary society's moral fabric. A dissolute person is someone in whom all restraint has dissolved, and who now indulges in behavior that shocks decent people. resolute Marked by firm determination.
🌱After ten years of indecision, the Senate finally seems resolute about reaching an agreement. 🌳Resolute comes from the same Latin verb as resolved, and the two words are often synonyms. So how did it get this meaning from the Latin? Essentially, when you resolve a question or problem, you come to a conclusion, and once you've reached a conclusion you can proceed to act. So in your New Year's resolutions, you resolve—or make up your mind—to do something. Unfortunately, New Year's resolutions aren't a good illustration of the meaning of resolute, since only about one in ten actually seems to succeed.
2、 Able to be solved or explained.
🌱To an optimistic young principal, the problems of a school like this one might seem challenging but soluble. 🌳Soluble looks like a word that should be confined to chemistry labs, though it's often used by nonchemists as well to describe substances that can be dissolved in liquids. On the other hand, the sense of soluble meaning "solvable" is also quite common. In this sense, soluble, like its opposite, insoluble, is usually paired with problem.If only all life's problems were soluble by stirring them in a container filled with water. absolution The act of forgiving someone for their sins.
🌱Every week she would kneel to confess her little sins and receive absolution from the priest. 🌳Since the Latin absolutus meant "set free," it's easy to see how absolution came to mean "set free from sin." （And also easy to see why absolute means basically "pure"—that is, originally, "free of sin."） The verb for absolution is absolve. Just as a priest absolves believers of their sins, you may absolve your brother of blame for a household disaster, or you yourself may in time be absolved for that scrape on the car backing out of a parking space. dissolution The act or process of breaking down or apart into basic components, as through disruption or decay.
🌱The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. was probably the most momentous event of the last quarter of the 20th century. 🌳Dissolution is the noun form of dissolve, but it's a much less common word. Still, we refer to the fact that the dissolution of American marriages became far more common in the later 20th century. Or that when India won its independence in 1948, the dissolution of the once-global British empire was all but complete. Or that factors such as crime and drugs might be contributing to the dissolution of contemporary society's moral fabric. A dissolute person is someone in whom all restraint has dissolved, and who now indulges in behavior that shocks decent people. resolute Marked by firm determination.
🌱After ten years of indecision, the Senate finally seems resolute about reaching an agreement. 🌳Resolute comes from the same Latin verb as resolved, and the two words are often synonyms. So how did it get this meaning from the Latin? Essentially, when you resolve a question or problem, you come to a conclusion, and once you've reached a conclusion you can proceed to act. So in your New Year's resolutions, you resolve—or make up your mind—to do something. Unfortunately, New Year's resolutions aren't a good illustration of the meaning of resolute, since only about one in ten actually seems to succeed.
SOLU comes from the Latin verb solvere,"to loosen, free, release," and the root therefore may take the form solv- as well. So to solve a problem means to find its solution, as if you were freeing up a logjam. And a solvent is a chemical that dissolves or "loosens up" oil or paint.🌸