1、under + stand + -able.
2、字面含义:stand in the midst of.
3、站在其中,沐浴在知识的海洋里,所谓内行、内行,身在其中,才解其味也;因此,只有身在其中,才能理解、明白。
4、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另见:undertake.
英文词源
understandable (adj.)
late 14c., "able to understand;" late 15c., "able to be understood," from understand + -able. Related: Understandably.
双语例句
1. Keegan and company approached the game with understandable caution.
基根一伙人小心谨慎地对待这场比赛,这是可以理解的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Roger Neuberg writes in a simple and understandable way.
罗杰·纽伯格的文章简明易懂。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Taxes are unpopular — it is understandable that voters are against them.
税收不受欢迎——选民们反对是可以理解的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. His unhappiness was understandable.
他不高兴是可以理解的。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The general response was one of understandable bafflement.