| 单词 | plausible |
| 释义 | plausible (once / 756 pages) adj If something is plausible, it's reasonable or believable. Things that are plausible could easily happen. A woman becoming President is very plausible. A giraffe becoming President is not. Plausible things are not far-fetched at all. Things in fantasy stories — such as wizards, dragons, and unicorns — are not plausible. On the other hand, some things in science fiction stories might be plausible: who knows where spaceships will eventually go? If something really seems like it could happen, then it's plausible. One of the many tricky parts of life is figuring out what's plausible and what's not. WORD FAMILYplausible: implausible, plausibility, plausibleness, plausibler, plausiblest, plausibly+/implausibility: implausibilities/implausible: implausibility, implausibleness, implausibly/plausibility: plausibilities USAGE EXAMPLESHe traces an unexpected but plausible route from the Digesting Duck to the first programmable computer. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Also, people are still living in the era of plausible deniability. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) It didn’t seem plausible that she was the same person. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful a plausible excuse Syn|Ant believable, credible capable of being believed arguablecapable of being supported by argument glib, pat, slickhaving only superficial plausibility implausible having a quality that provokes disbelief incredible, unbelievablebeyond belief or understanding improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikelyhaving a probability too low to inspire belief 2adj given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments a plausible liar Syn insincere lacking sincerity |
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