explicable
adjective [not usually before noun] (formal)Word Family
- explain verb
- explanation noun
- explanatory adjective
- explicable adjective (≠ inexplicable)
that can be explained or understood opposite inexplicable可解释;可说明;可理解 Extra ExamplesThe 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- easily
- readily
- entirely
- …
- by
- in terms of
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin explicabilis, from explicare, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’.