plausibility

1 Comedy and tragedy were in balance, and plausibility wasn’t unduly stretched.

2 Pieces often begin on the edge of plausibility then escalate to full-blown absurdity.

3 Seeing him so frequently sit or lean on a chair undercut his plausibility, just as happened with Luciano Pavarotti in his later years.

4 Here there seems to be a general ban on subtlety, plausibility and nonclimactic incident.

5 For him truth means plausibility, and by that measure the story of Adam and Eve is no more than a miracle of storytelling.

6 She expressed some doubts about the plausibility of the death instinct.

7 The actors' teeth are too white, their performances a touch formal, their accents slightly erratic, so that the smooth surface of plausibility is troubled from the start; so far, so Hollywood biopic.

8 Oliver had no trouble believing the plausibility of such a theory.

9 And, when it comes to the climax, plausibility flies out of the window: since the landlord's daughter is a partial witness to their behaviour, one feels they would not escape legal sanctions quite so lightly.

10 Not having a laugh track is no guarantee of naturalism and there's barely an ounce of plausibility in Campus.

11 Absolutely not to be confused with the Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, The Octopus Murders casts a shadow of plausibility, much of it concerning what the U.S. government is capable of, that should give viewers pause.

12 The nerd in me wants a bit more rigor, a bit more plausibility underneath the exuberant fakery.

13 The form was strewn with pitfalls, among them a tendency to sermonize, a veering into allegory and a lack of plausibility.

14 The lack of vitality and even surface plausibility numbs the senses.

15 Because its tangled psychological depths are never clarified, nagging problems of plausibility keep popping into your head, like how can the central characters represent distant social poles when they are both covered in tattoos?

16 And also a gooey heap of plot, which is revealed efficiently and without too much concern for plausibility of any kind.

17 Beware of the plausibility of salesmen!

要警惕推销员的花言巧语.

18 And, like Doctor Who, it might just extend its existence beyond all expectations of plausibility.

19 But the film’s problems have less to do with the plausibility of its narrative than with the studiousness and solemnity of its mood.

20 It can also be a blast, if you’re all about the mystery and the forward momentum and your requirements for plausibility and psychological realism aren’t high.

1 可信

sure authentic credible plausible believable reliability

2 似真

likely specious vraisemblance

3 嘴巧

fair plausible

4 能言善辩

smooth-tongued

5 能说善道

glib fair-spoken have the gift of gab

6 似合理

plausible