| 单词 | believable |
| 释义 | believable (once / 1834 pages) adj 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. 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. WORD FAMILYbelievable: believability, believably, unbelievable+/belief: beliefs, disbelief, unbelief/believability: believabilities/believe: belief, believable, believed, believer, believes, believing, disbelieve, misbelieve/believer: believers, nonbeliever, unbeliever/believing: believingly, believings, unbelieving/disbelief: disbeliefs/disbelieve: disbelieved, disbeliever, disbelieves, disbelieving/disbeliever: disbelievers/disbelieving: disbelievingly/misbelieve: misbelieved, misbeliever, misbelieves, misbelieving/misbeliever: misbelievers/nonbeliever: nonbelievers/unbelief: unbeliefs/unbelievable: unbelievably/unbeliever: unbelievers/unbelieving: unbelievingly USAGE EXAMPLES“Therefore, by applying that term to credible outlets, it becomes much more believable.” New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Eventually, accord is reached in the quietest and most believable way possible—it sneaks up on the characters, and on us. Time(Dec 23, 2016) That’s about as believable as his plan for replacing Obamacare with something better. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) adj capable of being believed Syn|Ant credible likely within the realm of credibility presumptiveaffording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance plausibleapparently reasonable and valid, and truthful thinkablecapable of being conceived or imagined or considered incredible, unbelievable beyond belief or understanding flimsy, unconvincingnot convincing astounding, dumbfounding, dumfoundingbewildering or striking dumb with wonder fabulousbarely credible improbable, marvellous, marvelous, talltoo improbable to admit of belief undreamed, undreamed of, undreamt, undreamt of, unimaginednot imagined even in a dream incredulousnot disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving implausiblehaving a quality that provokes disbelief unthinkableincapable of being conceived or considered |
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