很會把話講得可信
同樣的「聽起來站得住」轉到人身上：他有本事讓每句話都聽起來合情合理，於是這個字帶上了保留的味道。
convincingly persuasive talker · adjective · C2
good at talking in a way that sounds honest and reasonable, even when the person may not be telling the truth.
貌似可信；花言巧語
核心畫面
Picture a story you hear and think: yes, that could well be what happened. Nothing in it snags. Plausible describes exactly that surface — it holds together on hearing. It says nothing about whether the story is true, which is why the same word can be turned on a person who is very good at sounding .
可以想成：你聽完一個說法，心裡想「嗯，聽起來說得通」——沒有哪裡卡住。plausible 描述的就是這層表面：聽起來…更多收起
可以想成：你聽完一個說法，心裡想「嗯，聽起來說得通」——沒有哪裡卡住。plausible 描述的就是這層表面：聽起來站得住。它並沒有說這件事是真的，這正是它有意思的地方；也因為如此，同一個字可以轉到人身上，形容一個很會把話講得可信的人。From the picture
Also in this word
seemingly reasonable · adjective · C2
seeming reasonable and likely to be true, even if it may not be true.
貌似合理；看似可信
原始詞典資料3 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。
plausibleadj/ˈplɔː.zɪ.bl̩/
- 1
Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
- a plausible excuse
- In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows (innately) or learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years).
- 2
Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
- a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion
- 3
obsoleteWorthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
- capable of receiving a plauſible Anſwer
- […] a coachman named Richard, who was described as a "sensible, well-behaved yellow boy, who is plausible and can read and write."
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。