explicable
explicable — 形容詞
- explicablepositive
- more explicablecomparative
- most explicablesuperlative
1. Something explicable has a clear reason or cause that people can understand.
可解釋的
能夠被說明或找到原因的
Something explicable has a clear reason or cause that people can understand.
The sudden drop in temperature was easily explicable once Karim checked the weather report.
氣溫突然下降很容易解釋，因為Karim查看了天氣預報。
easily explicable + once-clause showing the reason
Isabela found her daughter's fear of dogs explicable after learning about the bite incident.
Isabela在得知女兒曾被狗咬過後，覺得她怕狗是可以理解的。
find + object + explicable + reason clause
Brian's mistake was perfectly explicable given the confusing instructions he had received.
考慮到Brian收到的指示令人困惑，他的錯誤完全是可以理解的。
Not all scratches on Adina's kitchen table were explicable by normal use — the deep one came from a heavy box.
Adina 廚房桌上的刮痕並非全都能用正常使用來解釋——那道深痕是重箱子造成的。
The signal failure made the train delay readily explicable to the waiting passengers.
號誌故障讓等候中的乘客很容易理解火車為何延誤。
- understandable
much broader in meaning; can also mean 'reasonable from someone's point of view'
- explainable
more direct and less formal than 'explicable'
- intelligible
focuses on being clear or coherent rather than having a cause
- inexplicable
the direct antonym — cannot be explained or accounted for
- mysterious
implies something that defies explanation or understanding
文法句型
be + adverb + explicable
be + explicable + by/to
用法筆記
This adjective is most often used with adverbs such as 'easily', 'readily', or 'perfectly', and is frequently found in negative constructions ('not explicable', 'hardly explicable'). It is more common in formal or written English than in everyday conversation.