plausible

US [ˈplɔzəb(ə)l]
UK [ˈplɔːzəb(ə)l]
  • adj.有道理的；可信的；巧言令色的；花言巧语的
  • Web似是而非的；似乎可信的；似乎合理的

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plausible
adj.
1.
有道理的；可信的reasonable and likely to be true
Her story sounded perfectly plausible.
她的说辞听起来言之有理。
The only plausible explanation is that he forgot.
唯一合理的解释就是他忘掉了。
2.
巧言令色的；花言巧语的good at sounding honest and sincere, especially when trying to trick people
She was a plausible liar.
她是个巧言令色的说谎高手。

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1.
Apparently McLennan's theory, plausible though it was, did not seem any too well established even to its author.
麦克伦南的理论，虽然好像合理，然而即使在作者本人看来，似乎也缺乏牢固的根据。
mài kè lún nán de lǐ lùn , suī rán hǎo xiàng hé lǐ , rán ér jí shǐ zài zuò zhě běn rén kàn lái , sì hū yě quē fá láo gù de gēn jù 。
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2.
'What swayed people was there was no other plausible explanation' for who else might be hiding in the home, one U. S. official said.
一位美国官员说，大家都认为除了本•拉登，不可能会是其他人躲在那幢房子里。
yī wèi měi guó guān yuán shuō , dà jiā dōu rèn wéi chú le běn • lā dēng , bù kě néng huì shì qí tā rén duǒ zài nà zhuàng fáng zi lǐ 。
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3.
What is out of reach, as it was at Copenhagen, is agreement on a plausible programme for keeping climate change in check.
正如哥本哈根峰会一样，这次峰会就一项控制气候变化的合理计划仍然无法达成一致。
zhèng rú gē běn hā gēn fēng huì yí yàng , zhè cì fēng huì jiù yī xiàng kòng zhì qì hòu biàn huà de hé lǐ jì huà réng rán wú fǎ dá chéng yí zhì 。
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4.
It was no longer enough to be plausible in argument; one had to be convincing in action.
仅仅是嘴巴上能说会道的就不够了；还必须要在行动上令人信服。
jǐn jǐn shì zuǐ ba shàng néng shuō huì dào de jiù bú gòu le ; hái bì xū yào zài xíng dòng shàng lìng rén xìn fú 。
5.
For my own sake, I've told a plausible lie at the club meeting, but the members did not believe me at all.
为了我自己，我在俱乐部的会议上说了一个似乎合情合理的谎言，但那些人根本不相信我。
wèi le wǒ zì jǐ , wǒ zài jù lè bù de huì yì shàng shuō le yī gè sì hū hé qíng hé lǐ de huǎng yán , dàn nà xiē rén gēn běn bù xiāng xìn wǒ 。
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6.
Economic behavior is always uncertain to the extent that we do not know all of its consequences with "plausible" probabilities.
经济行为在某种程度上永远是个未知数，以至于我们不能预知它所有可能的结果。
jīng jì xíng wéi zài mǒu zhǒng chéng dù shàng yǒng yuǎn shì gè wèi zhī shù , yǐ zhì yú wǒ men bù néng yù zhī tā suǒ yǒu kě néng de jié guǒ 。
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Many concluded the only plausible scenario was that Mr. Strauss-Kahn was the victim of a set-up.
许多人得出结论说，唯一的可能是卡恩受到了别人的陷害。
xǔ duō rén dé chū jié lùn shuō , wéi yī de kě néng shì kǎ ēn shòu dào le bié rén de xiàn hài 。
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I've sat in on Chinese classes in poor neighborhoods, and I've seen how it compels students to see China as a plausible part of their lives.
在一个贫穷的社区中，我坐在中文课堂上，看它强迫学生接受中国作为一个看似合理可能的他们生活中的一部分。
zài yī gè pín qióng de shè qū zhōng , wǒ zuò zài zhōng wén kè táng shàng , kàn tā qiǎng pò xué shēng jiē shòu zhōng guó zuò wéi yī gè kàn sì hé lǐ kě néng de tā men shēng huó zhōng de yí bù fen 。
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The only plausible alternative involves the two conservative parties which presided over the build-up to crisis.
唯一看似可行的选择，是危机酝酿期间主政的两个保守党。
wéi yī kàn sì kě xíng de xuǎn zé , shì wēi jī yùn niàng qī jiān zhǔ zhèng de liǎng gè bǎo shǒu dǎng 。
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Those who know Mr Strauss-Kahn well say that this scenario is plausible only if he is virtually guaranteed the nomination.
熟识斯特劳斯.卡恩先生的人都会说只有真正保证他能得到提名，否则这场戏就完全是天方夜谭。
shú shi sī tè láo sī . kǎ ēn xiān sheng de rén dū huì shuō zhǐ yǒu zhēn zhèng bǎo zhèng tā néng dé dào tí míng , fǒu zé zhè chǎng xì jiù wán quán shì tiān fāng yè tán 。
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