plausible

释义：“说得通的，表面上合理的”，同时有中性和贬义的用法。可以在留学文书中用于描写对于科研中可能的方向或结论的思考过程，或者寻找借口。

例句：
I have to come up with a plausible explanation.
The intervention is plausible to people in the Western democracies by its connection to the nonviolence.