题目内容：

be able to
As the housing market topped out five years ago,he lost his six-figure income.He and his wife were able to modify the mortgage on their four-bedroom house
这里的 were able to
翻译中是 他和他妻子想办法调整他们四居室房子的抵押贷款

优质解答

were able to —— 有能力（做）.
翻译的句子中”想办法调整“把意思译出来了,也是”有能力“的不同表述.