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Apparently McLennan's theory, plausible though it was, did not seem any too well established even to its author.

麦克伦南的理论，虽然好像合理，然而即使在作者本人看来，似乎也缺乏牢固的根据。

'What swayed people was there was no other plausible explanation' for who else might be hiding in the home, one U. S. official said.

一位美国官员说，大家都认为除了本•拉登，不可能会是其他人躲在那幢房子里。

What is out of reach, as it was at Copenhagen, is agreement on a plausible programme for keeping climate change in check.

正如哥本哈根峰会一样，这次峰会就一项控制气候变化的合理计划仍然无法达成一致。

It was no longer enough to be plausible in argument; one had to be convincing in action.

仅仅是嘴巴上能说会道的就不够了；还必须要在行动上令人信服。

For my own sake, I've told a plausible lie at the club meeting, but the members did not believe me at all.

为了我自己，我在俱乐部的会议上说了一个似乎合情合理的谎言，但那些人根本不相信我。

Economic behavior is always uncertain to the extent that we do not know all of its consequences with "plausible" probabilities.

经济行为在某种程度上永远是个未知数，以至于我们不能预知它所有可能的结果。

Many concluded the only plausible scenario was that Mr. Strauss-Kahn was the victim of a set-up.

许多人得出结论说，唯一的可能是卡恩受到了别人的陷害。

I've sat in on Chinese classes in poor neighborhoods, and I've seen how it compels students to see China as a plausible part of their lives.

在一个贫穷的社区中，我坐在中文课堂上，看它强迫学生接受中国作为一个看似合理可能的他们生活中的一部分。

The only plausible alternative involves the two conservative parties which presided over the build-up to crisis.

唯一看似可行的选择，是危机酝酿期间主政的两个保守党。

Those who know Mr Strauss-Kahn well say that this scenario is plausible only if he is virtually guaranteed the nomination.

熟识斯特劳斯.卡恩先生的人都会说只有真正保证他能得到提名，否则这场戏就完全是天方夜谭。

There is a plausible theory of what it might be, and a reasonable chance of testing that theory to see if it is right.

我们有一个关于暗物质特性的似是而非的理论，也有合理的机会去检测理论的准确性。

A more plausible culprit for rising inequality seems to be technological progress (see chart below).

导致不平等程度日益加重的一个更为可能的罪魁祸首似乎是技术进步（见下图）。

That might be true or at least plausible if, in order to have a basis, plagiarism would have to stand on some philosophical ground.

这么说也许是对的，至少是有一定道理的：如果是为了找出一个基础，剽窃问题就必须有一定的哲学依据。

Most voters could not conceive of him as a plausible prime minister.

多数选民无法想象他真的成为首相。

Bree: Well, the nurses at your office may start wondering why you're disappearing three times a week. Tennis lessons are a plausible alibi.

你诊所的护士可能已经开始猜测，为什么你一周消失三次，上网球课是个可信的托辞。

This is more than likely a combination of Duff's desire to leave and a journalist's need for a plausible club to link him to.

所以，这看起来更像是媒体记者们炒作的产物---为急切想离开的达夫找一个貌似合理并且会签下他的俱乐部。

If, as seems plausible, the alternative is years of deflation and depression, some countries might choose to leave.

如果另一种选择是多年的通缩和萧条——目前存在这种可能性——一些国家或许会选择离开。

None of these assumptions seems all that plausible.

所有这些假定似乎都不那麽可信。

But it seems quite unlikely that any of these was an indoor temperature -- a particularly chilly breeze is a more plausible explanation.

但是，这些任何一个都不可能是室外温度——貌似更合理的解释是，有一阵特别寒冷的微风。

"The only plausible scenario for a dollar crash" , Mr Eichengreen concludes, "is one in which we bring it upon ourselves. "

如书中结语，“美元崩溃唯一的可能性，就是我们美国人自己导致的。”