If speech, writing, or an idea is intelligible, other people can understand it. The words come through. A quiet voice can still be intelligible in a still room; a loud voice can fail in a storm.

If speech, writing, or an idea is intelligible,如果言語、文字,或一個想法是intelligible other people can understand it.別人就能聽懂或看懂它 The words come through.訊息傳達得過去 A quiet voice can still be intelligible in a still room;在安靜的房間裡,小聲說話還是可能intelligible a loud voice can fail in a storm.但在暴風雨中,大聲說話也可能傳不過去。

The word is a little formal. In daily talk you more often say “clear” or “I can understand it.” You will meet it in books and in talk about language.

The word is a little formal.這個字有點正式 In daily talk you more often say "clear" or "I can understand it."平常說話你比較常說「clear清楚」或「I can understand it我聽得懂」 You will meet it in books and in talk about language.你會在書裡,還有討論語言的文章裡遇到它。

Though actually, intelligible does not mean the idea is easy or true — only that you can follow it. A hard idea can be intelligible if the writer is careful, and a simple sentence can fail if the speaker swallows the words. The usual opposite is unintelligible.

Though actually, intelligible does not mean the idea is easy or true —不過,intelligible不代表這個想法很簡單或是對的 only that you can follow it.只代表你能跟得上、聽懂 A hard idea can be intelligible if the writer is careful,如果作者寫得夠用心,難的想法也可以是intelligible的 and a simple sentence can fail if the speaker swallows the words.而如果說話的人吞字含糊,簡單的句子也可能讓人聽不懂 The usual opposite is unintelligible.通常的反義詞是unintelligible。