英 [ˈpɑːsəbli] 美 [ˈpæsəbli]
adv. 尚可地；也还过得去地
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
同义词： reasonably / moderately / within reason / somewhat / fairly / middling
... to some extent 在某种程度上... passably 尚可地 to a certain extent 在一定程度上...
He came from the twenty-third floor down to the lobby on the mezzanine to collect his mail before breakfast, and he believed—he hoped—that he looked passably well: doing all right.
早饭前，他从二十三楼走到夹层的门厅去取邮件。他相信——他希望——他看上去还过得去：一切都很好。
He speaks passably good French.
他法语讲得还可以。
She has always been quick to pick things up, doing passably well in school without really trying.
她学东西向来很快，不用多努力书就能读得还不错。
He described the film as "passably entertaining" but said it failed to "break any stylistic ground".
Crisply put together but just passably amusing, the movie is innocuous, light, and -- obviously -- very, very slight.
It works passably well for voice calls, too, which is why Internet telephone companies are giving traditional phone companies fits.