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源自拉丁语 'plausibilis'(值得鼓掌的,可信的),后经法语 'plausible' 进入英语,加上副词后缀 '-ly' 形成。
❶ 以看似合理或可信的方式,指某事听起来有道理或可能为真,但并不一定完全确定。
“He explained his absence plausibly, saying he had been sick.”
(他合理地解释了他的缺席,说他生病了。)
“The theory is plausibly supported by recent scientific findings.”
(这一理论得到了近期科学发现的合理支持。)
plausibly deniable — 指某事可以被合理地否认或推脱责任,常用于政治或秘密行动中。
“The operation was designed to be plausibly deniable by the government.”
(这次行动被设计成政府可以合理地否认。)