explicable
adjective /ɪkˈsplɪkəbl/, /ˈeksplɪkəbl/
/ɪkˈsplɪkəbl/, /ˈeksplɪkəbl/
[not usually before noun] (formal)Word Family
- explain verb
- explanation noun
- explanatory adjective
- explicable adjective (≠ inexplicable)
- that can be explained or understood
可解释;可说明;可理解 - His behaviour is only explicable in terms of (= because of) his recent illness.
他的行为只能用他最近患病来解释。
- The delay is partly explicable on account of the roadworks.
由于道路施工的原因,延误部分是可以解释的。 - The sudden increase in sales is easily explicable.
销售额的突然增加是很容易理解的。 - These atrocities are not readily explicable by any of the usual analyses of politics.
通常的政治分析无法轻易地解释这些暴行。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- easily
- readily
- entirely
- …
- by
- in terms of
词源mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin explicabilis, from explicare, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’. - His behaviour is only explicable in terms of (= because of) his recent illness.