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单词 understandable
释义
understandable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈstæn.də.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈstæn.də.bəl/
easytounderstand:
易懂的，容易理解的
You have to put thefactsinto aformthat's understandabletoeveryone.你得把这些事实用一种大家都能理解的形式表达出来。
B2
You say that something, forexamplesomeone'sbehaviour, is understandable, if youfeelthat it isusualand notstrangeordifficulttounderstand:
合乎情理的；正常的；可以理解的
Theirrefusaltocooperateisperfectly/completelyunderstandable,consideringthecircumstances.考虑到各种因素，他们拒绝合作是完全可以理解的。
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  • Herreluctancetotalkto thepresswasquiteunderstandable.
  • Hisreactionis understandable in thecircumstances.
  • Theinstructionsmust be understandable to those who are using thesystemfor the firsttime.
  • I wasn'tsurprisedat herresponse, it wasperfectlyunderstandable.
  • an understandableattitude/concern
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  • in words of one syllableidiom
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understandably
(Definition ofunderstandablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

understandable| American Dictionary

understandable
adjective
us
/ˌʌn·dərˈstæn·də·bəl/
ableto beunderstood, so that youknowwhat somethingmeans:
You’ve got totellastoryto three-year-olds in a way that’s understandable to them.
If you say that something apersondoes is understandable, youfeelthat it is the way mostpeoplewouldbehavein thatsituation:
Heractionsare understandable when youconsiderhowbadlyshe wastreated.
(Definition ofunderstandablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderstandable

understandable
For many years, these deficiencies wereunderstandableas they were traced to the extended absence of viable models of personality in the field of psychology.
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All of these doubts are epistemologically permissible and quiteunderstandablein view of the existing deep difficulties.
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Understandablein an article written for a general audience, this omission was a glaring shortcoming for the entire edifice.
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Absorbance values are adjusted to make the curvesunderstandable.
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Given some of the advantages of examples, this kind of reporting isunderstandable.
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Our environment is complex, but it isunderstandablethrough rational investigation, and it is not to be feared.
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If hate speech were really inarticulate, it would cease to beunderstandable, meaningful, or objectionable.
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Seen from this perspective, it isunderstandablethat the notion that the urnfields and barrows were funerary monuments is never found in the sagas.
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In part, this isunderstandablegiven the novelty of the technology and the small numbers of children implanted annually in any programme.
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But there is a group for whom time is at a premium, and for whom a highlyunderstandablesystem is critically important.
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It would have been perfectlyunderstandableif the author had dealt first with being in general and, immediately afterwards, with categorial being.
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What is foolish about non-cooperators is not their preferences, which are perfectlyunderstandable, but their principle of rational choice.
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This isunderstandablewhen we look at the petitions they wrote.
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But for all hisunderstandabledesire, neither the texts of authority nor authority itself were (or are) fixed or resistant to different understandings.
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Parts of it were regarded asunderstandable, such as the consoles and the pattern of the timber structure, but the totality of it was neglected.
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