| Front | plausible |
|---|---|
| Pron | ['plɔːzəbl] |
| Back | 【plausible】 adj.似乎合理的，似乎公平的 For my own sake , I've told a plausible lie at the club meeting, but te members did not believe me at all. 为我自己的缘故，我在俱乐部的会议上说了一个似乎合理的谎言，但那儿的人一点也不相信我。 |
| Vocab | plausibleapparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
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. All forms of 'plausible' will appear on average once every 755 pages. implausibility implausibleness implausibly implausible plausibility plausible plausibleness plausibly |
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