plausibility
🇬🇧 UK/ˌplɔːzəˈbɪləti/🇺🇸 US/.plɒ:zi'biliti/
C2
Definitions
n.
The quality of seeming reasonable, believable, or likely to be true.
合理性;可信度
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.lend plausibility to增加……的可信度
- 2.question the plausibility质疑……的合理性
- 3.plausibility of a claim某一说法的可信度
- 4.[stretch plausibility]超出合理范围
Example Sentences
- 1.
The plausibility of his alibi was questioned by the detective.
- 2.
Scientists debated the plausibility of life existing on other planets.
- 3.
The novel's plot loses plausibility in the final chapter.