You use this when you want to say there are good reasons to treat something as true, without saying it is a fact that nobody can touch. You are giving an opinion, but you are also saying a fair person could stand with you. It sits between “maybe” and “clearly”: stronger than a guess, weaker than a sure claim.

You你 use this when you want to say there are good reasons to treat something as true用這個詞是想說有充分的理由可以把某件事當作是真的, without saying it is a fact that nobody can touch但又不是說這是件沒人能質疑的事實。 You你 are giving an opinion是在給一個意見, but you但你 are also saying a fair person could stand with you也是在說一個公正的人也可能同意你。 It它 sits between "maybe" and "clearly"介於「maybe（也許）」和「clearly（顯然）」之間: stronger than a guess比隨便猜測有力, weaker than a sure claim但比肯定的斷言弱一點。

Writers like it in essays and news because it lets them push an idea without shouting.

Writers寫作的人 like it in essays and news在論說文和新聞裡喜歡用它 because it lets them push an idea without shouting因為這樣可以推銷一個想法卻不用大聲主張。

Though actually, people often stretch it. Plenty of speakers just mean “I think,” and they have not really got a strong case at all. If someone says she is arguably the best, they mean you could make a serious case for that — not that the argument is already over.

Though actually不過實際上, people大家 often stretch it常常把它用得更寬。 Plenty of speakers很多人 just mean "I think"只是想表達「我覺得」, and they而他們 have not really got a strong case at all根本沒有什麼有力的論點。 If someone says she is arguably the best如果有人說 she is arguably the best, they他們 mean you could make a serious case for that意思是你可以認真地為這個說法辯護, not that the argument is already over而不是說這件事已經定案沒得爭了。