Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal.
It is becoming more acceptable for women to drink.
女性饮酒越来越为人接受。
The air pollution exceeds most acceptable levels by 10 times or more.
空气污染程度超过了普遍可接受标准的10倍或更多。
If something is acceptable to someone, they agree to consider it, use it, or allow it to happen.
They have thrashed out a compromise formula acceptable to Moscow.
他们反复讨论确定了一个莫斯科可以接受的妥协方案。
They recently failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract.
他们最近未能谈成一个双方都能接受的新合同。
If you describe something as acceptable, you mean that it is good enough or fairly good.
On the far side of the street was a restaurant that looked acceptable.
在这条街的另一头有家餐馆看起来还可以。