湖边社【学个词 fungible】fungible - adj. 易于（与同类或同价物品）交换（或交易）的; 代替的；可取代的; n. 代替物
Definition:
1 of 2 adj.
1: being something (such as money or a commodity) of such a nature that one part or quantity may be replaced by another equal part or quantity in paying a debt or settling an account
Oil, wheat, and lumber are fungible commodities.
fungible goods
2: capable of mutual substitution : INTERCHANGEABLE
… the court's postulate that male and female jurors must be regarded as fungible
—George Will
3: readily changeable to adapt to new situations : FLEXIBLE
Managers typically use more than a hundred different lineups over the course of the season. Batting orders are so fungible that few players last long in one spot.
—Tom Verducci
2 of 2 n. - something that is fungible (see FUNGIBLE entry 1 sense 1) : a good one part or quantity of which can be substituted for another of equal value in satisfying an obligation —usually used in plural
Fungibles may be valued by weight or measure.
Synonyms
Adjective commutable,exchangeable,interchangeable,substitutable,switchable
Example Sentences
1 since fruits and vegetables are regarded as fungible in this diet, you are allowed a total of five servings of either or both
2 Owners identify with their players and think of them far more like business partners than fungible employees. —Mark Patricof, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
3 Stars can bring one to two guests on the studio dime and a personal publicist, but that number is fungible, and the bigger the actor, the larger the retinue of handlers and hangers-on. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
4 Certain themes are underlined: the idea that identity is a fungible construct, and that our memories are nonlinear and untrustworthy. —Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
5 Right now there are billions of dollars worth of 18th-century Latin American fungible tokens laying on the sea floor waiting to be picked up.—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 12 June 2022
