viable adj.
釋義：able to be done, or worth doing
“viable”是個形容詞，它本身的意思是“可以存活的”，常被引申使用表示“可行的” “值得做的”。正如健康的生命才可以存活，好的想法、產品、解決方案才能存活，我們可以用 viable 來形容表示想法、產品、解決方案這一類詞，也?？梢杂盟鎿Q effective, feasible 等詞。
例① 在產品設計中，有個概念叫“最簡可行產品”，它的英文就是 Minimum Viable Product（MVP），我們可以從它的英文解釋中體會一下 viable 的意思：
A minimum viable product (MVP) is a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers and to provide feedback for future product development.
這里的 viable 就可以理解為“satisfy early customers”。如果一個產品可以滿足用戶的需求，實現盈利，那它就是一個 viable product。
例② 比如星巴克在某一個四線城市開店半年以來，收入明顯好于預期。
Starbucks' new store in this fourth-tier city has proved commercially viable.
例③ 從經濟角度來看，可再生能源是合適的替代能源。
Renewables are economically viable alternatives.
例④《經濟學人》在一月份一篇講電腦芯片的文章中就用到了 viable：
To keep its design pipeline full of viable new ideas, the firm must constantly forecast the computer industry’s direction.
1. 使用《牛津英語搭配詞典》查“viable”，了解它作為形容詞時的常用搭配。
prove, seem, sound viable 證明可行；看起來可行； 聽起來可行 None of the projects proved financially viable.
make sth viable 使…可行: It is only their investment that makes the programme economically viable.
consider sth, regard sth as viable 認為某事可行
extremely, truly, perfectly viable: a perfectly viable form of political organization 一種完全可行的政治組織模式
potentially, still, no longer viable
commercially, economically, financially
商業上可行；經濟上可行；財政上可行
2. 翻譯：中國經濟下行，許多 O2O 模式顯得不再可行。
Many O2O businesses no longer seem viable because of the ecnomic downturn in China.
參考翻譯：As China’s economy is going downhill, many online-to-offline (O2O) businesses no longer seem (commercially/economically) viable.
3.造句練習
場景: 拼多多的成功，主要是由于可行的商業模式。
造句: The success of Pinduoduo is largely because of its viable business model.
