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predictable1 adjective predictable results 可预见的结果You're so predictable! 你太老套了！predictable ♦︎ foreseeable ♦︎ unsurprising ♦︎ to be expectedThese words all describe sth that you can predict or that is likely to happen. 这些词均表示可预见的、可预知的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆predictable / foreseeable / unsurprising / to be expected that...◆a predictable / a foreseeable / an unsurprising result◆predictable / foreseeable consequences■ predictable / /prɪˈdɪktəbl/ / if sth is predictable, you know or can guess in advance that it will happen or what it will be like 可预见的；可预料的◆He asked whether this was predictable from previous performances.他询问这是否可以从以往的表现预测到。◆The disease follows a highly predictable pattern.这种疾病的模式非常有规律。◆In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.三四月的天气难预测得多。OPP unpredictable ⇨ surprising ▸ predictably adverb ◆Prices were predictably high.价格一如所料地高昂。◆Predictably, the new regulations proved unpopular.果然，新规不得人心。■ foreseeable /fɔːˈsiːəbl; NAmE fɔːrˈsiːəbl/ (rather formal, especially written) that you can predict will happen 可预料的；可预知的◆The statue will remain in the museum for the foreseeable future (= the period of time when you can predict what is going to happen, based on present circumstances).在可预见的未来，这座雕像将留在博物馆。◆Some of these problems were not foreseeable or preventable.这其中的一些问题是不可预知或不可避免的。OPP unforeseeable ⇨ surprising ■ unsurprising as you would expect; not causing surprise 不令人惊讶的；不足为奇的◆Her failure to win the leadership race is unsurprising.她在争夺领导地位的角逐中失败了，这不足为奇。◆It is unsurprising that people with dogs walk more than others.养狗的人比不养狗的人走路多是不足为奇的。OPP surprising ⇨ surprising ▸ unsurprisingly adverb ◆Perhaps unsurprisingly, she refused to talk to the press.也许正如所料，她拒绝了媒体的采访。■ to be exˈpected idiom likely to happen in a particular situation; quite normal 可能发生；可以预料；相当正常◆A little tiredness after taking these drugs is to be expected.服用这些药物后有点倦意是正常的。◆Of course, it's only to be expected that people will moan about paying tax.当然，人们会因缴税而抱怨，这完全可以预料到。 see also expect ⇨ expect |