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intelligible

/in-tel-i-juh-buhl/US // ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl //UK // (ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəbəl) //

可理解的,可懂的,可知的,可理解

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear: an intelligible response.
    • : Philosophy. apprehensible by the mind only; conceptual.

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Examples

  • The subject was a 36-year-old man the researchers refer to as “Bravo-1,” who after a serious stroke has lost his ability to form intelligible words and can only grunt or moan.

  • By relying on arguments and evidence intelligible to nonscientific audiences, these books sold well.

  • For about a century all Congress had to do was pass a law that gave agencies an “intelligible principle” to use when they filled out the details.

  • Notice how converting to micromorts expresses the risk in an emotionally intelligible way.

  • Maybe this is The Matrix (the first one that was faintly intelligible) after all.

  • Koon: His arms were at his side and the first words that were intelligible that I heard him audible at that time.

  • With time, the fierceness and the collective sweetness that underscored it grew more intelligible.

  • The matron expressed her entire concurrence in this intelligible simile, and the beadle went on.

  • These words represent nothing; they describe nothing; but a gesture makes them intelligible.

  • A correct appreciation of these various 'movements' of the Complaint makes the poem much more intelligible.

  • I wish to present what is ascertained and intelligible rather than what is ingenious and obscure.

  • He remained in this condition for twenty-seven hours, and during that time his speech was indistinct but intelligible.