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Something conceivable is something you can believe or picture in your mind. If it is conceivable, it is possible to imagine it, even if it has not happened.
Something conceivableconceivable的東西 is something you can believe or picture in your mind是你可以相信或在腦海中想像出來的東西。If it is conceivable如果某件事是conceivable的 even if it has not happened就算它還沒發生 it is possible to imagine it也是有可能想像得到的。
We often use every conceivable… to mean every kind you can think of: every conceivable excuse, every conceivable problem. We also say it is conceivable that… when we mean it could be true; I can imagine it.
We often use every conceivable…我們常用every conceivable… to mean every kind you can think of來表示『你想得到的每一種』 : every conceivable excuse, every conceivable problem:every conceivable excuse(每一種想得到的藉口)、every conceivable problem(每一種想得到的問題)。We also say it is conceivable that…我們也會說it is conceivable that… when we mean it could be true意思是這有可能是真的 ; I can imagine it;我可以想像。
Though actually, people often put a hedge in front of it: hardly conceivable, barely conceivable, scarcely conceivable — those mean it is almost too strange to believe, but not quite impossible. The strong opposite is : you cannot even picture it.
Though actually不過其實 people often put a hedge in front of it人們常常在前面加一個保留詞 : hardly conceivable, barely conceivable, scarcely conceivable:hardly conceivable、barely conceivable、scarcely conceivable — those mean it is almost too strange to believe——這些的意思是幾乎誇張到難以相信 but not quite impossible但又不到完全不可能。The strong opposite is inconceivable強烈的反義詞是inconceivable : you cannot even picture it:你根本無法想像。
Conceivable is a fairly careful, written word; in easy talk you might just say possible or you can imagine it.
Conceivable is a fairly careful, written wordconceivable是一個算是講究、書面一點的字 in easy talk you might just say possible平常說話你可能只會說possible or you can imagine it或直接說you can imagine it(你可以想像)。
組成conceive (to form an idea in your mind) + -able (can be done).
同家族的字
- conceivethe verb this adjective is built from
- conceivablythe adverb form
- inconceivablethe opposite: not even imaginable
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
conceivableadj/kənˈsiːvəbl̩/
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Capable of being conceived or imagined.
- But asked by “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan whether parents can send their kids to summer camp without vaccines, Fauci said, “It is conceivable that that will be possible.”
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。