This flashcard defines "predictable" as an adjective meaning something is obvious and can be anticipated in advance. It also provides examples of its usage in sentences.
This flashcard defines "predictable" as an adjective meaning something is obvious and can be anticipated in advance. It also provides examples of its usage in sentences.
[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]
WDF
predictable
[prɪˈdɪktəbl]
TOEFLIELTS
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ADJ7213
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可预知的(100%)
adj.可预言的
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