explicable
英 [?k'spl?k?b(?)l; ek-; 'ekspl?,k?b(?)l]
美[?k'spl?k?bl]
- adj. 可解釋的，可說明的
TEM8GRE
助記提示
1. ex- "out" + plic- "fold" + -able.
2. => capable of being unraveled, that may be explained.
2. => capable of being unraveled, that may be explained.
中文詞源
explicable 可解釋的
來自explicate,解釋清楚的。
英文詞源
- explicable (adj.)
- 1550s, from or modeled on Latin explicabilis "capable of being unraveled, that may be explained," from explicare "unfold; explain" (see explicit). Middle English had a verb expliken "explain, interpret" (mid-15c.).
雙語例句
- 1. The delay is partly explicable by the road works.
- 延誤的部份原因是道路施工.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The sudden increase in sales is easily explicable.
- 銷售額的突然增加是很容易理解的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The differences in the children's achievements were not wholly explicable in terms of their social backgrounds.
- 那些孩子成績方面的差異不能完全從社會背景來解釋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The older I grow, the stranger and less explicable the world appears to me.
- 年齡越大，世界對我而言就變得越陌生、越難理解。
來自辭典例句
- 5. His behaviour is explicable in the light of his recent illness.
- 他因近日患病,這種表現(xiàn)是可以理解的.
來自辭典例句