understandable
英 [ʌndə'stændəbl]
美 ['ʌndɚ'stændəbl]
助记提示
1、under + stand + -able.
2、字面含义：stand in the midst of.
3、站在其中，沐浴在知识的海洋里，所谓内行、内行，身在其中，才解其味也；因此，只有身在其中，才能理解、明白。
4、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另见：undertake.
英文词源
- understandable (adj.)
- late 14c., "able to understand;" late 15c., "able to be understood," from understand + -able. Related: Understandably.
双语例句
- 1. Keegan and company approached the game with understandable caution.
- 基根一伙人小心谨慎地对待这场比赛，这是可以理解的。
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- 2. Roger Neuberg writes in a simple and understandable way.
- 罗杰·纽伯格的文章简明易懂。
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- 3. Taxes are unpopular — it is understandable that voters are against them.
- 税收不受欢迎——选民们反对是可以理解的。
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- 4. His unhappiness was understandable.
- 他不高兴是可以理解的。
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- 5. The general response was one of understandable bafflement.
- 大家的反应是感到困惑，这一点情有可原。
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