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comprehensible

UK/.kɒmpri'hensibl/US
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Definitions

adj.

Able to be understood

可理解的,能懂的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
com-together, with
+
prehensto grasp, seize, take hold of
+
-iblecapable of, worthy of
=comprehensible

com- (fully) + prehens (grasp) + -ible (able to be) = 'able to be fully grasped' — i.e. understandable. The opposite, incomprehensible, is something the mind simply can't get hold of.

Root prehens still carries 16 more words

Common Collocations

  • 1.readily comprehensible易于理解的

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She explained the rules in a clear, comprehensible way.

  • 2.

    The instructions were barely comprehensible to a beginner.

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