| 英语单词 | believable |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [bɪ'liːvəbl] 美 [bɪ'liːvəbl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.可相信的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) But I am very much believable, however, you'll get him to come. (2) The reason that he told me for his absence did not sound believable. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我相信你不管怎样都能把他请来。 (2) 他告诉我他缺席的原因很难使人相信。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If something's believable, it's not too outlandish to believe — it makes sense that it's true. A believable explanation for why you're late to work might be a flat tire or a broken alarm clock. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Believable stories are convincing, and believable excuses are credible. It's believable that you once spotted a movie star at a restaurant in New York, but less believable that you then went to a carnival together and rode on the Ferris Wheel. The word believe is at the heart of believable, from the Old English belyfan, "to believe." The more common spelling until the 17th century was beleeve. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可信的 Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
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