[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可预言的;可预测的;可预料的 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...
考虑到这两个国家之间激烈的敌对情绪,这种反应是可以预见的。
The result was entirely predictable.
这个结果完全在预料之中。
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His article is, predictably, a scathing attack on capitalism...
可想而知,他的文章是对资本主义的严厉抨击。
The central London hospitals have reacted predictably.
伦敦各主要医院的反应皆在预料之中。
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Your mother values the predictability of your Sunday calls.
你妈妈非常重视你每周日打给她的电话。
Oxford
pre·dict·ableAWL/prɪˈdɪktəbl; NAmEprɪˈdɪktəbl/adjective1if sth is predictable,you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like 可预见的;可预料的◆a predictable result可预见的结果◆The ending of the book was entirely predictable.那本书的结局完全是预料得到的。◆In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.三、四月份的天气非常不好预测。2( often disapproving) behaving or happening in a way that you would expect and therefore boring 意料之中的;老套乏味的◆He's very nice, but I find him rather dull and predictable.他为人很不错,但我觉得他相当呆板乏味。▶pre·dict·abil·ityAWL/prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti; NAmEprɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/noun[uncountable ]pre·dict·ablyAWL/prɪˌdɪktəbli; NAmEprɪˌdɪktəbli/adverb◆Prices were predictably high.价格高昂是意料中的事。◆Predictably, the new regulations proved unpopular.正如所预料,新规定果然不得人心。predictabilitypredictabilitiespre·dict·able/prɪˈdɪktəbl; NAmEprɪˈdɪktəbl/pre·dict·abil·ity/prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti; NAmEprɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/pre·dict·ably/prɪˌdɪktəbli; NAmEprɪˌdɪktəbli/
if something or someone is predictable, you know what will happen or what they will do – sometimes used to show disapproval: The snow had a predictable effect on traffic. an entertaining but predictable film Logan’s reaction was predictable.—predictably adverb [sentence adverb]: Predictably, no one was home when I called.—predictability /prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
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