plausibility

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities
  2. The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Plausibility, I know, can only be unmasked by shewing the absurdities it glosses over, and the simple truths it involves with specious errors.
  3. A plausible statement, argument etc. countable,uncountable
    — She too must shimmer through the gloom o' the grave, / Come and confront me— […] / Striking me dumb, and helping her to speak, / Tell her own story her own way, and turn / My plausibility to nothingness!
  4. The fact of being believable; believability, credibility. countable,uncountable
    — The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

词形变化

plausibilities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
implausibility

词源

Etymology tree
New Latin plausibilitāsbor.
English plausibility
Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās.
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