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plausibleness

/plaw-zuh-buhl/US // ˈplɔ zə bəl //UK // (ˈplɔːzəbəl) //

合理性,可信性,真实性,可信度

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
    • : well-spoken and apparently, but often deceptively, worthy of confidence or trust: a plausible commentator.

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Examples

  • Even then, I could see her making a plausible case that you both understood the terms of your arrangement differently, or that she was desperate and contributed as much as she could.

  • Today the Fairness Doctrine is even less plausible as a ready-made solution for solving modern media problems.

  • That gave him his 15th major title and his first since 2008, putting Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 within plausible reach.

  • Of course, “biologically plausible” is not a standard likely to inspire a fantastic degree of public confidence.

  • Based on the energy required to make the clouds so big and so hot, there are two plausible sources.

  • This may be the case—but it is not remotely plausible evidence that this attack was therefore orchestrated by North Korea.

  • The notion that Ebola might be a sexually transmitted disease remains plausible if unproven.

  • And the more disconnected we become from the era of the Civil War, the more abstract and plausible the idea of secession becomes.

  • At the same time, they said it was plausible that pot could be disrupting brain development in teenagers.

  • Even when plausible deniability crumbles, the brainwashed paste it back together again.

  • And our surroundings at that particular moment were not the most favorable to coherent thought or plausible theory-building.

  • It is well known that these declarations of science are mere speculations, plausible indeed, but nowhere proven to be true.

  • The old folks discussed it, and hope made it seem more and more plausible to them.

  • It really did not look plausible that he would come out in the drizzle to see if Foster's car was safely locked in for the night.

  • His inventive faculties and his plausible eloquence were no more; and he seemed to have sunk into second childhood.