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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈplɔː.zɪ.bl̩/, /ˈplɔː.zə.bl̩/
• (General American, cot–caught merger, Atlantic Canada) IPA: /ˈplɑ.zɪ.bəl/, [ˈplɑ.zɪ.bl̩]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈploː.zɪ.bəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈploː.zə.bəl/
• (Dublin) IPA: /ˈplaː.zə.bəl/
• ハイフネーション: plau‧si‧ble

形容詞

plausible (comparative more plausible, superlative most plausible)

1. Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.

   Synonyms: credible, believable, reasonable, tenable, specious

   Antonyms: implausible, incredible, unbelievable, far-fetched

   a plausible excuse

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformative Grammar: A First Course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 64:

     In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows (innately) or learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years).

   • 2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014‎, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43:

     Russian SPETSNAZ are irregular forces that operate covertly, providing the Russian government plausible deniability.

2. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.

   a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion

3. (obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
   • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams:

     capable of receiving a plauſible Anſwer

   • 1955, William H. Townsend, Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky:

     […] a coachman named Richard, who was described as a "sensible, well-behaved yellow boy, who is plausible and can read and write."

派生語