She was a plausible liar.
她是个巧言令色的说谎高手。
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I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
我静静地站着，努力想编出一个听上去可信的借口。
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All I can say is that he was so plausible it wasn't just me that he conned.
我只能说，他看上去好像那么可信，他骗的可不只我一个。
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It is difficult to sound natural or plausible.
这很难听起来自然或可信。
Tony Stark has a particle accelerator in his home, but just how plausible is such a build?
托尼·斯塔克在他家就建了个粒子加速器，但这样的建造有多可信呢？
A recent discovery that asteroids are highly porous makes Rubin's hypothesis more plausible.
最近的一项发现表明小行星非常多孔，这使得鲁宾的假设更加可信。
Odd though it sounds, cosmicinflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary-particle physics.
宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特，但它是基本粒子物理学中一些公认的理论在科学上看来可信的推论。
Her story sounded perfectly plausible.
她的说辞听起来言之有理。
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The only plausible explanation is that he forgot.
唯一合理的解释就是他忘掉了。
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A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the administration.
一个更合理的解释似乎是人们对行政机关感到厌倦。
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Both arguments are plausible.
这两种观点都有道理。
The reverse is equally plausible.
反过来也同样合理。
If not, it is not plausible that the variable is a causal factor.
如果不是，变量是一个因素这说法就是不合理的。
Because they are so dim, it is plausible that the sun could have a secret companion.
它们是那么的暗淡，因此太阳还是很有可能有一颗神秘的伴星。
In general, it is plausible to suppose that we should prefer peace and quiet to noise.
一般而言，我们有理由推断，人们应该更喜欢平静安宁而不是噪音。
The problem stems at least in part from the lack of any plausible mechanism for telepathy.
这个问题至少部分是源于缺乏合理的心灵感应机制。
Finally, managers can use intuition to bypass in-depth analysis and move rapidly to engender a plausible solution.
最后，管理者可以利用直觉，绕过深入分析，迅速采取行动，得出一个合理的解决方案。
Plausible as this seems, it is still a theory and based on our more comprehensive knowledge of land-based animals.
这似乎是合理的，但它仍然是一种理论，这个理论是基于我们对陆生动物的更全面的认识。
Science offers no plausible explanation of how it could have slowed to its current rotational rate from that speed.
科学并没有给出合理的解释，说明它是如何从那个速度减速到现在的转速的。
Of the two plausible explanations for the decline—increased predation by killer whales or disease—disease is the more likely.
对于鲸鱼数量的下降，有两种可能的解释——虎鲸捕食或疾病的增加——疾病的可能性更大。
It seems quite unlikely that any of these was an indoor temperature—a particularly chilly breeze is a more plausible explanation.
这些似乎都不太可能是室内温度造成的——更合理的解释是有一阵特别寒冷的微风。
Another seemingly plausible explanation—that infants do not form enduring memories at this point in development—also is incorrect.
另一个看似合理的解释——婴儿在发育的这个阶段不会形成持久的记忆——也是不正确的。
"It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and lean towards R&D more than the average," said one researcher.
一位研究人员表示：“幸福的人比普通人更有前瞻性和创造力，并且更倾向于研发，这似乎确有道理。”
Since the Clovis people were highly mobile, it's plausible that they would set up spots along established travel routes where they keep a variety of items.
由于克洛维斯人流动性很强，他们可能会在既定的旅行路线上设立站点，在那里存放各种物品。
The most plausible justification for higher taxes on automobile fuel is that fuel consumption harms the environment and thus adds to the costs of traffic congestion.
提高汽车燃油税最合理的理由是，燃料消耗会损害环境，从而增加交通拥堵的成本。
Such an argument is plausible, however, it is less useful for understanding the sociopolitical implications of water use and control in other, water-rich parts of the Maya region.
这样的论据是有道理的，然而，对于理解玛雅地区其他富水地区的用水和控制的社会政治影响来说，就没那么有用了。
He has a very plausible way of talking; sometimes he talks with the tongue in the cheek.
他讲起话来非常动听，但有时话中有话。
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A plausible explanation is size.
一个较为可信的解释就是规模。
This is a very plausible situation.
这是一个很似是而非的情景。
But how plausible were the Numbers?
但这些数据可信么？
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