单词 | plausible |
释义 | plausible (plɔːzɪbəl ) 1. adjective An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government. That explanation seems entirely plausible to me. Synonyms: believable, possible, likely, reasonable plausibly (plɔːzɪbli ) adverb [ADVERB with verb] Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back. plausibility (plɔːzɪbɪlɪti ) uncountable noun ...the plausibility of the theory. [+ of] 2. adjective If you say that someone is plausible, you mean that they seem to be telling the truth and to be sincere and honest. He was so plausible that he conned everybody. Synonyms: glib, smooth, specious, smooth-talking Collocations: plausible alternative But if a cap has to be equitable between wealthy individuals and unions, there also has to be a plausible alternative. Times, Sunday Times Clearly they needed assistance from other quarters if they were to become a plausible alternative to the liberal parliamentary regime. The Times Literary Supplement In fact the magical elements are overshadowed by these human evils, and sit uneasily in this plausible alternative history anyway. The Sun Sixth, it was against the public interest to require a business to be run if compensation was a plausible alternative. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers asked participants to consider-an-alternative operationalized as any plausible alternative (rather than simply focusing on the opposite alternative) finding that simply considering an alternative improved judgments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The extent of his achievement gives him a plausible claim to be counted the greatest figure in this nation's history. Times, Sunday Times All performances are remastered from the original tapes with a plausible claim that they have never sounded better. Times, Sunday Times In this there has been a great deal of progress and football has a plausible claim to be one of the nation's few meritocracies when it comes to recruiting players. Times,Sunday Times Second, only a complaint that states a plausible claim for relief survives a motion to dismiss. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hundreds of thousands have seen their homes reduced to rubble, or have plausible claims that they would be targeted by regime forces and militia groups if they tried to return. Times, Sunday Times According to some experts, poisoning leaves the government with room for plausible deniability in dealing with enemies of the state. Times, Sunday Times But other things they might do would be guarded by 'plausible deniability' so it would be difficult to trace who was accountable. The Sun Space had to be left for plausible deniability. Times,Sunday Times And everyone would use what they call in management speak 'plausible deniability'. The Sun The advent of deep fakes will also mean that everyone has plausible deniability. Times, Sunday Times However, the lack of a plausible mechanism and inconclusive clinical trials have led many to conclude that it works only because people expect it to make them feel better. Times, Sunday Times However, skepticism remained because many people feel that establishing causation requires elucidating a plausible mechanism by which the effect occurs, he recalled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But lots of compounds with plausible mechanisms await a verdict. Times,Sunday Times The most plausible mechanism accounting for the symptoms involves a dose-dependent release of certain cytokines, an event which occurs by inhaled metal oxide fumes which injure the lung cells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This presents a plausible mechanism for the initial stages of planetary formation, since particles of this size do not have sufficient gravity to cause this phenomenon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The police apparently found his persona quite charming, a plausible reason to let him go. Times, Sunday Times Can't find a plausible reason for your character to explain his motives? Times, Sunday Times There's another more plausible reason though. The Sun The only plausible reason was age. Times, Sunday Times She also said that she wanted the noise to stop, and the most plausible reason for her leaving was surely the rising frequency of her trance episodes. The Times Literary Supplement It stressed that this was not a forecast but a 'severe but plausible scenario' and one that banks should examine when deciding how robust their balance sheets were. Times, Sunday Times It won't turn out that easily, but it's a plausible scenario. Times, Sunday Times But the most plausible scenario involves a competition to be held biennially or - more likely - quadrennially in odd numbered years. Times, Sunday Times He handles plot and characters with expert equanimity, creating an authentic patterning of voices and a plausible scenario. The Times Literary Supplement I do not find this a very plausible scenario. Times, Sunday Times But it's a plausible theory. Times,Sunday Times A more plausible theory to explain motion perception (at least on a descriptive level) are two distinct perceptual illusions: phi phenomenon and beta movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Historically, this inventory was not introduced as an independent proposal, but instead arose as a modification of an earlier, typologically more plausible theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to a less plausible theory of the cause of the crash, the release valve got stuck in the open position, thus releasing the hydrogen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There have been countless explanations, from alien abductions to methane eruptions, and here a team of investigators put some of the more plausible theories to the test. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 看似合理的解释或叙述 Japanese: 納得できる |
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