believable
/bɪˈliːvəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /bɪˈliːvəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /bə-ˈlē-və-bəl/ (ame, mw)
believable — 形容詞
1. easy to accept as something that could really happen, be true, or actually exist
可信的
聽起來真實合理、不像假話的
easy to accept as something that could really happen, be true, or actually exist, because nothing about it sounds strange, fake, or exaggerated.
Wairimu gave such a believable excuse that her mother stopped asking questions.
Wairimu 編出一個聽起來十分可信的藉口，媽媽就不再追問了。
noun phrase: a believable excuse / story / reason
The actor's tears made the whole scene feel believable to the audience.
演員流下的眼淚讓整場戲對觀眾來說都顯得真實可信。
predicative: feel / seem / look believable
Few readers found Ines's story about the talking dog believable.
很少有讀者覺得 Ines 那個會說話的狗的故事可信。
It is hardly believable that a child of seven cooked the entire meal alone.
一個七歲的小孩獨自煮完整桌菜，這實在令人難以相信。
Reviewers praised the novel because Mei, the seven-year-old narrator, sounded completely believable on every page.
書評讚賞這本小說，因為七歲的敘事者 Mei 從頭到尾都顯得完全可信。
- credible
more formal; common in news and legal contexts
- convincing
stresses the power to persuade, not just plausibility
- plausible
sounds reasonable on the surface, though may still be false
- realistic
matches how things actually work in real life, especially in fiction
- unbelievable
direct opposite; also used informally for 'amazing'
- implausible
more formal; used about explanations and theories
- far-fetched
suggests an idea is so unlikely it sounds silly
文法句型
find + something + believable
believable + that-clause
用法筆記
Often modified by degree adverbs such as 'hardly', 'quite', 'completely', or 'barely'. Subjects are typically things that make a claim — stories, excuses, characters, performances, figures — rather than people themselves.