新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

reasonable

英  [ˈriːzənəbəl]
    

[ADJ]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1通情达理的

    If you think that someone is fair and sensible you can say that they are reasonable.

    双语例句

    例:

    He's a reasonable sort of person.

    他是那种通情达理的人。

    2(决定或行动)合理的

    If you say that a decision or action is reasonable, you mean that it is fair and sensible.

    双语例句

    例:

    a perfectly reasonable decision.

    一个完全合理的决定。

    例:

    At the time, what he'd done had seemed reasonable.

    他所做的在当时看来似是合理的。

    例:

    reasonable grounds for complaint.

    合理的投诉理由。

    3(期望或解释)有道理的

    If you say that an expectation or explanation is reasonable, you mean that there are good reasons why it may be correct.

    近义词

    sensible

    反义词

    unreasonable

    双语例句

    例:

    It seems reasonable to expect rapid urban growth.

    看起来期待城市会飞速发展是有道理的。

    例:

    There must be some other reasonable answer.

    一定还有其它的合理答案。

    4(价钱)公道的

    If you say that the price of something is reasonable, you mean that it is fair and not too high.

    双语例句

    例:

    You get a good meal for a reasonable price.

    你无需花费过多就能好好吃一顿。

    5还算好的

    You can use reasonable to describe something that is fairly good, but not very good.

    双语例句

    例:

    The boy answered him in reasonable French.

    那男孩用还算流利的法语回答了他的问题。

    6相当大的

    A reasonable amount of something is a fairly large amount of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    They will need a reasonable amount of desk area and good light.

    他们将需要摆放桌子的大片空地和充足的光线。