be thinkable
Such a scenario is hardly thinkable.
这种情况几乎不可想象。
可想象的;可设想的
能被思考或想象的;可想象的。;能想到的;可相信的
able to be imagined or considered as possible; conceivable
能被思考或想象的;可想象的。
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
It is hardly thinkable that she would leave without saying goodbye.
很难想象她会不辞而别。
用法提示:形容词 thinkable 在 "it is thinkable that..." 结构中表示“可想象的”,配合 hardly 表达几乎无法想象。
In the past, flying cars were not even thinkable.
在过去,飞行汽车甚至是不可想象的。
用法提示:thinkable 作表语表示“可设想的”,用于否定句中强调超出当时想象的范围。
A world without the internet is now barely thinkable.
如今很难想象一个没有互联网的世界。
用法提示:thinkable 作表语,与 barely 连用表示“几乎不可想象”。
Such a scenario is hardly thinkable.
这种情况几乎不可想象。
常用于表示某行动在考虑范围内。
It is thinkable to reduce costs by 20%.
将成本降低20%是可以考虑的。
It is thinkable that they might change their minds.
他们可能会改变主意,这是可以想象的。
grammar · medium
易错句子This idea thinkable.
正确表达This idea is thinkable.
形容词作表语时必须与系动词连用,不能单独作谓语。
grammar · medium
易错句子I thinkable that he will come.
正确表达I think it is thinkable that he will come.
thinkable 是形容词,不能直接带宾语从句;需用 it is thinkable 结构。
conceivable 强调在思维中能够形成概念或构想,而 thinkable 更宽泛,指任何能被想到的东西。
imaginable 侧重于通过想象力创造出的画面或情景,thinkable 则侧重逻辑上可被思考。
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