喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/prɪˈdɪktəbəl/可預料的；老套的

    If something or someone is predictable, you already know what will happen or what they will do, because it always goes the same way. It can be a good thing, or it can mean something is boring because there is no surprise in it.

    示範例句 · Example

    The bus schedule here is very predictable — one comes every ten minutes.

    逐字這裡的公車時刻表非常可預料——每十分鐘來一班。

    「predictable」可以想成從 predict（預測）+ -able（可以…的）長出來的：這件事「你先講也講得出來」。它有兩張臉，好壞要看場合：講事情時多半是中性甚至安心的（火車班次很 predictable = 很準、很好抓）；講電影、故事或一個人的行為時，常常帶著「太好猜、沒新意」的失望（The movie was completely predictable = 這部片從頭到尾都猜得到）。所以聽到別人說 You're so predictable，那通常是半開玩笑地說「你每次都這樣」。

    常見搭配

    • entirely predictable

      完全在意料之中

      completely easy to know in advance

      The result of the game was entirely predictable.

    • fairly predictable

      還算好猜、大致可以預料

      quite easy to know in advance, but not certain

      The weather in October is fairly predictable here.

    • highly predictable

      非常好預測

      very easy to know in advance

      Tides are highly predictable, so the fishermen plan around them.

    • a predictable ending

      很好猜的結局

      an ending you can guess long before it happens

      It's a warm film with a predictable ending.

    • as predictable as

      跟…一樣好預料

      used to compare how easy something is to know in advance

      His answer was as predictable as the sunrise.

    • it is predictable that

      可以預料…會發生

      used to say that something can be known before it happens

      It is predictable that prices will rise before the holiday.

core核心畫面

You can picture predictable as something you can call in advance: before it happens, you already know how it will go, because it has always gone that way. The same person, the same ending, the same reaction — no surprise waiting for you.

可以想成「還沒發生，你就已經猜得到會怎樣」。因為它每次都走同一條路，所以你在事情發生之前就能先說出結局。這個畫面本身是中性的：可能讓人安心（他每天七點回家，你不用擔心），也可能讓人無聊（電影演到一半你就知道誰是兇手）。語氣往哪邊倒，要看上下文——講人、講劇情時常帶著「太好猜、沒新意」的嫌棄；講天氣、班表、收入時多半是稱讚它穩定。

同家族的字

比較級 more predictable最高級 most predictable

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

predictableadj/pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/

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    Able to be predicted.

    • a predictable mathematical pattern
    • a boring film with a predictable ending

predictablenoun/pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/

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    A predictable thing.

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