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explicable

UK /ɪkˈsplɪkəbl/US /ɪkˈsplɪkəbl/

词源

源自拉丁语 'explicabilis',由 'explicare'(展开,解释)和形容词后缀 '-able' 组成,字面意思为'能够被解释的'。

adjective

❶ 可解释的,能被理解的。指某事物有合理的原因或逻辑,能够被说明清楚。

“Her sudden anger was explicable once we knew the full story.”

(一旦我们了解了全部情况,她突然的愤怒就变得可以理解了。)

“The scientist found the phenomenon completely explicable by existing theories.”

(科学家发现现有理论完全可以解释这一现象。)

同义词:understandable, accountable, explainable

常见短语

easily explicable — 容易解释的,指某事有明显合理的原因或逻辑。

“The difference in results is easily explicable by the different methods used.”

(结果差异很容易用所采用的不同方法来解释。)