predictable

adjective
🔊/prɪˈdɪktəbl/
🔊/prɪˈdɪktəbl/
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  1. if something is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like可预见的;可预料的
    • a predictable result可预见的结果
    • The ending of the book was entirely predictable.那本书的结局是完全预料得到的。🔊🔊
    • The disease follows a highly predictable pattern.这种疾病的模式非常有规律。
    • In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.三、四月份的天气非常不好预测。🔊🔊
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    • He asked whether this was predictable from previous performances.他询问这是否可以从以往的表现预测到。
    • Recent changes make the future even less predictable.最近的变化使未来更难预测。
    • The results were utterly predictable.结果完全可以预测。
    • It was fairly predictable that there would be clashes between rival groups.可以预见,敌对团体之间会发生冲突。
    • The government's reaction was sadly predictable.可悲的是,政府的反应完全可以预料到。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • from
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  2. (often disapproving) behaving or happening in a way that you would expect and therefore boring意料之中的;老套乏味的
    • He's very nice, but I find him rather dull and predictable.他为人很不错,但我觉得他相当呆板乏味。🔊🔊
    • Rock music is getting so predictable these days.如今,摇滚音乐变得越来越可预测。
    • She had been in a number of predictable sitcoms.她曾参加过许多可预测的情景喜剧。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • from
    See full entry