intelligible

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
🔊/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
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  1. intelligible (to somebody) that can be easily understood易懂的;容易理解的 synonym understandable
    • His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.他的讲课学生们都能轻松地听懂。🔊🔊
    • The child’s speech was barely intelligible.那个小孩子的话很难懂。
    opposite unintelligible
    Extra Examples
    • His reply was barely intelligible.他的回答几乎让人听不懂。
    • She found his motives perfectly intelligible.她发觉他的动机是完全可以理解的。
    • They do their best to make science intelligible to young children.他们想方设法使科学知识明白易懂,让小孩子能够理解。
    • We need an explanation that is readily intelligible to ordinary people.我们需要能让普通人一听就懂的解释。
    • It's unlikely that their answer will be intelligible to her.他们的答案不太可能让她理解。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • make something
    adverb
    • fully
    • perfectly
    • easily
    preposition
    • to
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    Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘capable of understanding’): from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.