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Explicable Adj Eksplikəbl 可解释的 英 Adj.可解释的(That Explained Explainable

单词 explicable
音标 ['eksplikəbl]
解释 adj. 可解释的
红宝书 【英】 adj.可解释的(that can be explained; explainable)
【记】 ex+plic(重叠,复杂) +able→能从复杂中出 来→可说明的
【同】 同根词:implicit(含 蓄的); explicit(明白的)
【例】 Her behavior is only explicable if you consider her youth.
字源 explicable (adj.)
1550s, from or on model of Latin explicabilis "capable of being unraveled, that may be explained," from explicare (see explicit). Middle English had a verb expliken "explain, interpret" (mid-15c.).
不择手段背单词 adj. (现象、行为等)可解释的
【记】explainable的变体explicate(v 说明)ex出, plic折叠-从折叠的书本中说出来-说明
【参】implicit(adj 暗示的; 含蓄的); explicit(adj 外在的; 清楚的)
趣味全助记 【记】ex出 + plic (重叠,复杂)+able→从复杂中出来→弄清楚;complicated 复杂

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