| 单词 | predictable |
| 释义 | predictable (prɪdɪktəbəl ) adjective B2 If you say that an event is predictable, you mean that it is obvious in advance that it will happen. This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries. The result was entirely predictable. Synonyms: likely, expected, sure, certain predictably adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective/adverb] His article is, predictably, a scathing attack on capitalism. The central London hospitals have reacted predictably. predictability (prɪdɪktəbɪlɪti ) uncountable noun Your mother values the predictability of your Sunday calls. [+ of] Collocations: predictable reaction Her predictable reaction will initially hurt and shock you. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And there was a predictable reaction. The Sun (2014) Mention Iceland and you usually get a predictable reaction. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Here, at the back of the openplan kitchen, the predictable response would be for an elegant inside-outside glass garden room. Times, Sunday Times And, even allowing for a so-so statement on current trading, it got a predictable response: shares down 18 per cent to 68½p (report, page 40). Times,Sunday Times As soon as the ink was dry, the predictable response: non, nein, no. The Sun The doubled operating profits of 321 million brought a predictable response from those who oppose the company's planned partial privatisation. Times, Sunday Times His first few tweets have been as worthy and dull as you would expect and were met with a predictable response of vitriol and hate mail. Times, Sunday Times The predictable result is more regulation,' he said. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This was arguably the most predictable result of the day. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The predictable result was that the buildings decayed and only the crescent and two small wings have survived. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was the predictable result of taking all trainee nurses out of hospitals and forcing them to do degrees. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Don't be lulled into a false sense of security by talk of predictable returns and stable revenues. Times, Sunday Times The rest have been bought in the main by overseas investors attracted by the predictable returns from the highly regulated businesses. Times, Sunday Times Infrastructure projects are often seen as the holy grail for investors because they generally provide predictable returns with low volatility over the long term. Times, Sunday Times Retail banking offers more predictable returns. Times,Sunday Times Pensions are long-term and (somewhat) predictable liabilities, so the best assets to pay them are long-term investments with predictable returns. Globe and Mail It takes you on an easy wander along a broadly predictable route. Times, Sunday Times A multimillion-pound safari industry has built up in both countries around an established and predictable route and timetable set by generations of animals. Times, Sunday Times Bus and delivery fleets with predictable routes should be incentivised to switch en masse to electric, hybrid or fuel-cell technology, reducing unit prices with economies of scale. Times, Sunday Times The buses have very predictable routes and need to stop regularly, every, allowing opportunities for quick recharging. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The buses have very predictable routes and need to stop regularly every or less, allowing quick recharging at charging stations at bus stops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They're very happy now to have a stable home and friends and a predictable routine. Times, Sunday Times After twelve years, life had become a rather predictable routine. Christianity Today We become complacent and lazy when it comes to the relationship, and evenings can become a predictable routine. Times, Sunday Times It's just that your habits tend towards joyous chaos and spontaneity, whereas your husband has opted for glacial calm and predictable routine. Times, Sunday Times He needs an adult-only home and will enjoy a quiet lifestyle with a predictable routine. The Sun Stick to offline play, though, and this popular veteran serves up a solid though somewhat predictable performance, even if it doesn't deliver a knockout punch. Times, Sunday Times The disappointing and somewhat predictable answer? Times, Sunday Times All of this was somewhat predictable. Times, Sunday Times This allows an estimate of time separation because markers mutate at a somewhat predictable rate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The criticisms generally cite slow-moving and somewhat predictable plotting, as well as an overly-linear storyline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact, they're the totally predictable result of 12 years of ineffective exchange and price controls. Times, Sunday Times A game as utterly tedious, as totally predictable as this one just had to have the least predictable of all finishes. Times, Sunday Times The technique was of course impeccable and the result totally predictable. Times, Sunday Times A bit much, even if totally predictable. Times, Sunday Times It's outrageous, but it's totally predictable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Utterly predictable, but full of charming feelgood laughs. Times, Sunday Times The events it describes are in many ways mundane; and they are, soon on, utterly predictable. Times, Sunday Times This simple device could have been highly effective, but it's ruined by the play's ludicrous and utterly predictable lack of even-handedness. Times, Sunday Times It was all utterly predictable, and predictably utter, an immeasurably long and plodding series of inevitable scenes set in 1960. Times, Sunday Times But the way it plays out each year in the rest of the media manages to follow the same utterly predictable script. Times, Sunday Times As he argued yesterday, many challenges are wholly predictable. Times, Sunday Times Further, bad weather chaos fits the perfect rolling news template: cheap (and accessible) to cover, wholly predictable, requires little or no analysis and affects 'ordinary' people. Times, Sunday Times He's somehow managed to go from jilted at the altar to hopelessly adrift in a rather bizarre yet wholly predictable love triangle in the space of a few weeks. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 可预言的 Japanese: 予想できる |
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