conceivable

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conceivable — 形容詞

  • conceivablepositive
  • more conceivablecomparative
  • most conceivablesuperlative

1. If a situation, idea, or explanation is conceivable, your mind can accept it as

1.形容詞B2
釋義

可想像的

可以想像可能發生或存在的

If a situation, idea, or explanation is conceivable, your mind can accept it as something that could happen or be true, even if it seems unlikely.

例句

It is conceivable that the missing cat found its way home through the woods.

那隻走失的貓穿過樹林找到回家的路，這是可以想像的。

pattern: it + be + conceivable + that-clause

The rescue team explored every conceivable route through the mountains before turning back.

救援隊在折返前，探遍了山中每一條想得到的路線。

collocation: every conceivable + noun

常見搭配
  • every conceivable
  • barely conceivable
  • hardly conceivable
  • it is conceivable that
  • not conceivable
同義詞
  • imaginable

    broader term — anything you can picture in your mind, whether reasonable or not

  • plausible

    implies some evidence or reason exists to support the idea, not just imagination

  • thinkable

    more informal; focuses on what the mind can consider as a possibility

  • believable

    emphasises credibility and trustworthiness rather than mere possibility

反義詞
  • inconceivable

    the direct opposite — impossible to imagine or believe

  • unimaginable

    so extreme or strange that the mind cannot picture it

  • unthinkable

    too shocking or unpleasant to be accepted as a possibility

文法句型

it + be + conceivable + that-clause

every conceivable + noun

not conceivable

用法筆記

Frequently paired with 'every' to mean 'all possible types of' (e.g. every conceivable method). The negative form 'inconceivable' is more common in everyday speech than 'not conceivable'.

常見錯誤

It is conceivable for us to finish the project by Friday.
It is possible for us to finish the project by Friday.
'conceivable' describes what your mind can accept as imaginable, not what is practically achievable.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • conceivable outcome
  • conceivable scenario
  • conceivable explanation
  • conceivable reason
  • conceivable method

副詞搭配

  • barely conceivable
  • easily conceivable
  • hardly conceivable
  • readily conceivable

常用片語

  • every conceivable kind of
  • it is conceivable that
  • by any conceivable means

介系詞搭配

  • conceivable to
  • conceivable in