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Understandable mostly means that a feeling, reaction, or decision makes sense — anyone in that situation would probably feel or do the same thing. 'It's understandable that you're upset' means your reaction is reasonable, not surprising. It can also, less often, describe writing or speech that is easy to follow.
可以理解的、情有可原的
組成understand (to know the meaning of something) + able (can be done).
同家族的字
- readablesame -able pattern — able to be done, in this case, easy to read
原始詞典資料2 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。
understandableadj
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Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
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Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances; permissible.
- The original branch was 5¾ miles long, from Llantrisant to Cowbridge only, but in 1889, the T.V.R. [Taff Vale Railway] obtained powers […] to continue the line for 6½ miles south to the coast at Aberthaw, ostensibly for the purpose of serving the important limestone works there, but one suspects other motives, including an understandable desire on the part of the T.V.R. to put a spoke in the wheel of the oncoming Barry Railway !
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。