单选题 As for the missing funds, the company manager, when demanded to give an explanation, could not even come up with a ______ one.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】plausible“似是而非的”符合题意，如：a plausible excuse看似有理的借口。其他三项：plaintive悲哀的，哀伤的；pervasive颠倒的，曲解的；perpetual永久的。