reasonable
adj
1
(a) (of people) ready to use or listen to reason; sensible (指人)講理的, 明事理的
No reasonable person could refuse. 凡是明事理的人都不會(huì)拒絕此事.
She's perfectly reasonable in her demands. 她的要求完全合情合理.
(b) (of emotions, opinions, etc) in accordance with reason; not absurd; logical (指情感、 見解等)合情理的, 不荒謬的, 合邏輯的
a reasonable suspicion, fear, belief, etc 不無道理的懷疑、 恐懼、 信念等
a reasonable attitude, conclusion 合乎情理的態(tài)度、 結(jié)論
It's not reasonable to expect a child to understand sarcasm. 希望孩子明白諷刺的意義, 未免脫離實(shí)際.
Is the accused guilty beyond all reasonable doubt? 判定被告有罪是否毫無懷疑余地?
2
(a) not unfair or expecting too much; moderate 公平的; 不過分的; 適度的
a reasonable fee, offer, claim 公平合理的費(fèi)用、 出價(jià)、 要求.
(b) (of prices, etc) not too expensive; acceptable (指價(jià)格等)不太貴的, 公道的
Ten pounds for a good dictionary seems reasonable enough. 花十鎊買一部好詞典算是夠公道的了.
3 [esp attrib 尤作定語]
tolerable; average 還可以的; 平均水平的
reasonable weather, health, food 過得去的天氣、 健康狀況、 食物
There's a reasonable chance that he'll come. 他還是有可能來的.
reasonable expectations of success 對取得成功所抱有的并非捕風(fēng)捉影的希望.