词汇 | conceivable |
释义 | conceivable adjective uk /kənˈsiː.və.bəl/ us /kənˈsiː.və.bəl/ possible to imagine or to believe: 可想象的;可想到的;可以相信的 Books on every conceivable subject lined one wall.靠墙一排排地摆放着所有能想得到的各学科的书。 It's just conceivable (= possible although difficult to imagine)(that) the hospital made a mistake.有可能是医院出了错。 Synonym imaginable that might or might not happen possibleI suppose it's possible that she just forgot my birthday, but it's unlikely. potentialShe is being mentioned as a potential successor to the leader. imaginableThe pens came in every colour imaginable. conceivableIt is conceivable that they'll agree to our terms, but I wouldn't bet on it. thinkableThe existence of something like the internet would not have even been thinkable in Einstein's day. Imagining and conceiving assume beyond your wildest dreamsidiom blue-sky cognitive map conceivably fancy guess imagine in your mind's eyeidiom inconceivably lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom look on/upon someone/something as something manifest regard retheorization retheorize revisualization riot run riotidiom throw Related wordconceivably conceivable | American Dictionaryconceivable adjective us/kənˈsi·və·bəl/ possible to imagine or think of: Books on every conceivable subject lined one wall. [ + (that) clause ]It’s conceivable (that) none of the proposals will be accepted. conceivablyadverb[ not gradable ]us/kənˈsi·və·bli/ We could conceivably finish ahead of schedule. Examples of conceivableconceivable Looking at the symbols in question from this perspective, it becomes conceivable that they represent various things. It is conceivable that, through their actions over time, interest groups concretize a particular identity thereby undermining strategic adoption of new identities. Instead, the only conceivable solution to duelling was a complete dismissal of the underlying theory of honour and valour. Note that the emphasis is on conceivable solutions. It remains conceivable that meaningful differences in the parenting of earned and continuous secures have been inadvertently overlooked. We have just seen that metabolism is even more fundamental than evolution, since non-reproducing organisms are conceivable and may once have lived. Many of the researchers might like to think that their proposals cover all conceivable devices, including abstract devices such as battle plans and computer programs. On every conceivable ground it would surely be better to have mixed constituencies like those to which we have hitherto become accustomed. These orders were then yoked across groups to ensure that any conceivable effect of order or pairings would be constant across all three conditions. Rather, a necessary condition for some state being conceivable is that it be possible. Not in all cases though: it is perfectly conceivable to think that donating a liver lobe is less burdensome whilst alive than once dead. It is conceivable that some developmental disorders could be characterized in terms of partial activation of relatively unspecialized cortical circuits. It is conceivable that the accused might lie from malice or in the hope of more lenient treatment as informers. Consequently, it was physically conceivable that the effects of the stutter would be localized to a very short distance axially. Nor is it undermined by the mere conceivable possibility of counter-intuitive implications. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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