| 单词 | demonstrable |
| 释义 | demonstrable (once / 5789 pages) adj If you can demonstrate to me how something works, then it must be demonstrable. You might think that word should be "demonstratable," but you'd be wrong — that word doesn't exist. Who can say why some words change a little when we change their part of speech. They just do. The verb demonstrate means to show or instruct. The adjective shortens the root to become demonstrable. The steps for buckling a seatbelt must be easily demonstrable, or people will go flying all over the cabin. Demonstrable is often used to refer to the truth of something: if something isn't demonstrable, then we can't really say that it exists, can we? WORD FAMILYdemonstrable: demonstrability, demonstrably+/counterdemonstration: counterdemonstrations/counterdemonstrator: counterdemonstrators/demonstrate: demonstrable, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrative, demonstrator/demonstrated: demonstratedly/demonstration: counterdemonstration, demonstrations/demonstrative: demonstratively, demonstrativeness, demonstratives, undemonstrative/demonstrator: counterdemonstrator, demonstrators/undemonstrative: undemonstratively USAGE EXAMPLESAt the moment, there is no demonstrable appetite to refight the battles of June and hold another EU vote. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Private talks with the Chinese government, he said, resulted in a demonstrable decline in state-sponsored hacking. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Like I say, it’s a fascinating theory, in its underlying insinuations and its demonstrable wrongness. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj capable of being demonstrated or proved a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare Syn provable obvious easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind 2adj necessarily or demonstrably true demonstrable truths Syn incontrovertible incontestable, incontestible incapable of being contested or disputed |
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