intelligible
adjective /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
- intelligible (to somebody) that can be easily understood
易懂的；容易理解的 - His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.
他的讲课学生们都能轻松地听懂。 - The child’s speech was barely intelligible.
那个小孩子的话很难懂。
- His reply was barely intelligible.
他的回答几乎让人听不懂。 - She found his motives perfectly intelligible.
她发觉他的动机是完全可以理解的。 - They do their best to make science intelligible to young children.
他们想方设法使科学知识明白易懂，让小孩子能够理解。 - We need an explanation that is readily intelligible to ordinary people.
我们需要能让普通人一听就懂的解释。 - It's unlikely that their answer will be intelligible to her.
她不大可能理解他们的答案。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
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- fully
- perfectly
- easily
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- to
词源late Middle English (also in the sense ‘capable of understanding’): from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’. - His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.