applicability

applicability — 名詞

1. the quality of being relevant or able to be used in a specific situation, proble

1.名詞C2
釋義

適用性

在某情況下是否適用

the quality of being relevant or able to be used in a specific situation, problem, or case

例句

The judge questioned the applicability of the old rule to online sales.

法官質疑這條舊規定是否適用於線上銷售。

pattern: applicability of [rule] to [case]

The plan's applicability is limited in small village schools with one teacher.

這套方案在只有一位老師的小村學校裡，適用性有限。

collocation: limited applicability

同義詞
  • relevance

    focuses more on whether something matters to the topic, not whether it can be used

  • suitability

    often stresses being a good choice, not specifically applying to a case

  • usefulness

    is broader and less formal than applicability

  • pertinence

    is a formal word mainly for direct relation to the matter being discussed

反義詞
  • inapplicability

    means that something does not fit or cannot be used in that case

  • irrelevance

    focuses on not being connected to the matter at hand

文法句型

the applicability of something to something

wide applicability

limited applicability

用法筆記

Common in formal, academic, and legal writing. It often appears in the pattern applicability of X to Y when you are asking whether a rule, idea, or method fits a particular case.

常見錯誤

❌We discussed the application of the old rule to online sales.
✅We discussed the applicability of the old rule to online sales.
💡application is the act of using something; applicability asks whether it fits the case.