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be audible
形容词，意为“听得见的”，可作表语。
The sound was barely audible.
那声音几乎听不见。
听得见的；可闻的
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听得见的；可闻的
heard or perceptible by the ear
The sound was barely audible.
那声音几乎听不见。
能听见的；可听到的。
Able to be heard.
The music was faintly audible from the next room.
从隔壁房间能隐约听到音乐声。
She answered in a barely audible whisper, so I moved closer.
她用几乎听不见的耳语回答，于是我凑近了些。
The warning signal was clearly audible above the noise of the machines.
机器的嘈杂声中仍能清楚听到警报声。
形容词，意为“听得见的”，可作表语。
The sound was barely audible.
那声音几乎听不见。
形容词，表示“对某人来说可闻/某人能听到”。
The teacher's voice was audible to everyone in the hall.
大厅里的每个人都能听到老师的声音。
名词，美式橄榄球术语，指开球前口头改变战术。
The quarterback called an audible at the line of scrimmage.
四分卫在争球线前临时改变了进攻战术。
Not this
He answered audible.
Use this
He answered audibly.
audible 是形容词，不能修饰动词 answered；修饰动词要用副词 audibly，表示“可听见地”。
Not this
The sound was audible for the audience.
Use this
The sound was audible to the audience.
表达“对……是可听见的”时，audible 后接介词 to，而不是 for；audible to somebody 是固定搭配。
Not this
The whisper was barely auditory.
Use this
The whisper was barely audible.
auditory 意为“听觉的”，不是“听得见的”；表示“能听见的”必须用 audible。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
几乎听不见的
Her voice was barely audible over the noise.
她的声音在嘈杂中几乎听不见。
清晰可闻的
The alarm was clearly audible from the next room.
警报声在隔壁房间清晰可闻。
听得见的叹息
He let out an audible sigh of relief.
他如释重负地发出一声听得见的叹息。
听得见的倒吸气声
There was an audible gasp from the audience.
观众中传来一声听得见的倒吸气声。
声音信号
The device emits an audible signal when charging is complete.
充电完成时，设备会发出声音信号。
声音警报
The smoke detector gave an audible alarm.
烟雾探测器发出了声音警报。
临时改变计划；随机应变
The original plan fell through, so we called an audible and took the train instead.
原计划泡汤了，所以我们临时改变计划，改乘火车。
Use audible naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
由 audio（音频）联想，凡能听到的就是 audible“听得见的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：formal or written description、technical or acoustic settings、everyday speech (less common) 作“听得见的”讲时，该词为中性词，但多用于正式、书面或技术性描述（如 audible alarm、barely audible）；日常口语中更常用 can hear / could be heard。
audibles
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