inconceivable

英 [ˌɪnkənˈsiːvəbl]

美 [ˌɪnkənˈsiːvəbl]

adj.  难以想象的; 无法相信的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 难以想象的；无法相信的
  impossible to imagine or believe
  1. It is inconceivable that the minister was not aware of the problem.
     令人难以置信的是那位大臣竟然没有意识到这个问题。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不能想象的;不可思议的
  If you describe something asinconceivable, you think it is very unlikely to happen or be true.
  1. It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker...
     真想不到托比竟会是袭击我的人。
  2. Until now, a devaluation of the dollar seemed inconceivable.
     直到现在,美元的贬值似乎都无法想象。

英英释义

adj

• totally unlikely
  Synonym:impossibleout of the questionunimaginable

双语例句

• This is the indiscriminate, inconceivable horror of chemical weapons.
  这是化学武器的滥杀和令人难以置信的恐怖。
• It sounds inconceivable but is the naked truth.
  这听起来不可思议，但却绝对是事实。
• The fact that the Greek people are unwilling to bear the pain merely makes the already implausible quite inconceivable.
  希腊民众不愿承受痛苦，这一事实只会让已属不靠谱的事情变得更加不可想象。
• That event was inconceivable to us.
  那事件是我们所想像不到的。
• I feel it is inconceivable, however, I am purified by the simplicity.
  我觉得它是不可思议的，不管怎样，在简单面前我被净化了。
• The buddha's wisdom is inconceivable!
  佛的智慧是不可思议的！
• It seems inconceivable that the accident could have happened so quickly.
  这一事故发生得这么快，简直不可思议。
• For a child to do that job is just inconceivable.
  那一个孩子做这项工作那真是不可思议。
• It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker
  真想不到托比竟会是袭击我的人。
• Sadly, it is inconceivable that Japan would appoint a foreigner to lead one of its most important institutions.
  遗憾的是，日本任命一位外国人领导其最为重要的机构之一是不可想象的。