If something is believable, you can believe it: it seems possible, likely, or real enough that the mind does not push it away.

If something is believable如果某件事是believableyou can believe it你就可以相信它it seems possible, likely, or real enough它看起來夠可能、夠有可能、或夠真實that the mind does not push it away讓人的心裡不會排斥它

We use it for stories, excuses, acting, and explanations — a believable reason, a believable performance, a barely believable excuse.

We use it for stories, excuses, acting, and explanations我們會用它形容故事、藉口、演技和解釋a believable reason一個believable的理由, a believable performance一場believable的表演, a barely believable excuse一個勉強believable的藉口

It is a calm everyday adjective, not a scientist's word, and it lives on a scale: just believable, not very believable, completely believable.

It is a calm everyday adjective它是一個平常、冷靜的日常形容詞not a scientist's word不是科學家用的詞and it lives on a scale而且它有程度之分just believable剛好believable, not very believable不太believable, completely believable完全believable

You can say it of a person ('a believable witness') but English reaches for it more often with things people make up or perform.

You can say it of a person你可以用它形容一個人('a believable witness')(『一個believable的證人』)but English reaches for it more often with things people make up or perform不過英文更常用它形容人編造或表演出來的東西

Though actually, speakers say unbelievable far more, and they stretch that one until it is almost a noise of feeling: 'unbelievable' can mean 'so good / so bad / so strange I can hardly take it in,' not only 'this cannot be true.' Believable stays nearer home. It still asks a quiet question: could this really be so?

Though actually不過speakers say unbelievable far more大家說unbelievable的頻率高得多and they stretch that one而且把這個詞的用法拉得很廣until it is almost a noise of feeling幾乎變成一種情緒的驚呼'unbelievable' can mean 'so good / so bad / so strange I can hardly take it in,'unbelievable可以是『好到、糟到、怪到讓人難以接受』not only 'this cannot be true.'不只是『這不可能是真的』Believable stays nearer homebelievable還是比較收斂It still asks a quiet question它仍然問著一個平靜的問題could this really be so這真的是這樣嗎