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understandable

英 [?nd?'st?nd?bl] 美['?nd?'st?nd?bl]
  • adj. 可以理解的;可以了解的

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1、under + stand + -able.
2、字面含義:stand in the midst of.
3、站在其中,沐浴在知識的海洋里,所謂內(nèi)行、內(nèi)行,身在其中,才解其味也;因此,只有身在其中,才能理解、明白。
4、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另見:undertake.

英文詞源


understandable (adj.)
late 14c., "able to understand;" late 15c., "able to be understood," from understand + -able. Related: Understandably.

雙語例句


1. Keegan and company approached the game with understandable caution.
基根一伙人小心謹(jǐn)慎地對待這場比賽,這是可以理解的。

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2. Roger Neuberg writes in a simple and understandable way.
羅杰·紐伯格的文章簡明易懂。

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3. Taxes are unpopular — it is understandable that voters are against them.
稅收不受歡迎——選民們反對是可以理解的。

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4. His unhappiness was understandable.
他不高興是可以理解的。

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5. The general response was one of understandable bafflement.
大家的反應(yīng)是感到困惑,這一點情有可原。

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