plausible
英 ['plɔːzɪb(ə)l]
美['plɔzəbl]
- adj. 貌似可信的，花言巧语的；貌似真实的，貌似有理的
词态变化
副词: plausibly;名词: plausibility;
中文词源
plausible 可信的，有道理的
来自拉丁语plaudere,击，打，拍掌，-s,过去分词格，词源同applaud,implosive.引申词义可信的，有道理的。
英英释意
- 1. apparently reasonable and valid
- 2. likely but not certain to be or become true or real;
- "a likely result"
- "he foresaw a probable loss"
- 3. within the realm of credibility;
- "not a very likely excuse"
- "a plausible story"
- 4. appearing to merit belief or acceptance;
- "a credible witness"
- "a plausible story"
英文词源
- plausible (adj.)
- 1540s, "acceptable, agreeable," from Latin plausibilis "deserving applause, acceptable," from plaus-, past participle stem of plaudere "to applaud" (see plaudit). Meaning "having the appearance of truth" is recorded from 1560s. Related: Plausibly.
考试真题
- If not, it is not plausible that the variable is a causal factor.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- The supposed importance of influentials derives from a plausible sounding but largely untested theory called the “two step flow of communication”: Information flows from the media to the influentials and from them to everyone else.
出自-2010年考研阅读原文
- It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and lean towards R&D more than the average.
2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- It's not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help shape how executives think about the future. "It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and lean towards R&D more than the average," said on
2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
实用场景例句
- Her story sounded perfectly plausible.
- 她的说辞听起来言之有理。
牛津词典
- The only plausible explanation is that he forgot.
- 唯一合理的解释就是他忘掉了。
牛津词典
- She was a plausible liar.
- 她是个巧言令色的说谎高手。
牛津词典
- He argued very plausibly that the claims were true.
- 他花言巧语地辩解说那些说法属实。
牛津词典
- A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government...
- 貌似更加合理的解释似乎是，人们已经厌倦了保守党政府。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- That explanation seems entirely plausible to me.
- 那个解释在我看来完全说得通。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was so plausible that he conned everybody.
- 他那么会花言巧语，以至于骗过了所有的人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This theory seems very plausible.
- 这理论似乎非常有头绪.
期刊摘选
- A second plausible argument for intervention is that thin people subsidise fat people through health care.
- 政府介人的第二个似是充足的理由是瘦人通过医疗保健资助胖人.
期刊摘选
- In this article , we discuss plausible mechanisms that may account for this association.
- 文中对这种联系的可能机制进行了讨论.
期刊摘选
- When she was asked what she was doing, the woman always had a plausible explanation.
- 当她被问及她在做什么, 这个妇女一直说着一个似是而非的解释.
期刊摘选
- Marshall emphasised the spread of ideas between similar companies, but there are other plausible possibilities.
- 马歇尔着重阐述了思想如何在彼此类似的公司之间传播.
期刊摘选
- This might be plausible.
- 这可能是有道理的.
期刊摘选
- He has a very plausible way of talking; sometimes he talks with the tongue in the cheek.
- 他讲起话来非常动听, 但 有时话中有话.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Of the three, only Mr Balls , the shadow education secretary, has looked a plausible leader.
- 这三人中, 只有影子内阁的教育部长鲍尔斯先生, 看起来似乎是可能的领导人选.
期刊摘选
- When asked by the teacher why she was late, the student dreamed up a plausible excuse.
- 当那名学生被老师问到为什麽会迟到时, 她想出了一个彷佛很有道理的藉口.
期刊摘选
- An equally plausible explanation is that the war is the product of a mistake.
- 一个同样可能的解释就是,这完全是一个巧合.
期刊摘选
- The auditor merely tests whether the information is plausible and the figures actually add up.
- 审员们只会查看资料是否合理,数据是不是真的都加上去了.
期刊摘选
- And that could almost be plausible, because they hadn't seen me in the last eleven years.
- 那也蛮说得通的, 因为最后的十一年他们都没有再见到我.
期刊摘选
- She has a plausible [ sharp; quick ] tongue.
- 她有一张巧 [ 利; 快 ] 嘴.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Plausible impossibilities should be referred to unconvincing possibilities.
- 可以理喻而还不能做到的事胜于不能令人心悦诚服而能做到的事.
期刊摘选
- But they will have to come up with a more plausible plan.
- 不过,他们不得不拿出一个更合理的计划.
期刊摘选
- This explanation fits the facts and is psychologically plausible.
- 这一解释与事实相符,从心理角度看也有理.
《简明英汉词典》
- This plausible suggstion is not accurate.
- 这个似乎合理的提法是不准确的.
辞典例句
- The American intervention in the Balkan affairs seems plausible.
- 美国对巴尔干事务的干涉貌似有理.
期刊摘选
- Great love makes It'seem reasonable, sometimes plausible, but never satisfactory.
- 有了伟大的爱情,它还能显得合理, 有时还似乎是可行的, 但绝对不是令人满意的.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- The most plausible instarces of a priori concepts are the formal concepts of logic.
- 光验概念的一个最似乎有道理的例子是逻辑的形式概念.
辞典例句