unspeakable

英 [ʌnˈspiːkəbl]

美 [ʌnˈspiːkəbl]

adj.  难以说出口的; 不堪入耳的

复数：unspeakables　

Collins.1 / BNC.20334 / COCA.14026

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以说出口的；不堪入耳的
  that cannot be described in words, usually because it is so bad

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 恶劣得说不出口的；坏透了的
  If you describe something asunspeakable, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
  1. ...the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons...
     化学武器难以名状的可怖
  2. The pain is unspeakable.
     疼起来厉害得无法形容。
  3. ...unspeakable crimes.
     令人说不出口的罪行

英英释义

adj

• defying expression or description
  1. indefinable yearnings
  2. indescribable beauty
  3. ineffable ecstasy
  4. inexpressible anguish
  5. unspeakable happiness
  6. unutterable contempt
  7. a thing of untellable splendor
  Synonym:indefinableindescribableineffableuntellableunutterable
• exceptionally bad or displeasing
  1. atrocious taste
  2. abominable workmanship
  3. an awful voice
  4. dreadful manners
  5. a painful performance
  6. terrible handwriting
  7. an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
  Synonym:atrociousabominableawfuldreadfulpainfulterrible
• too sacred to be uttered
  1. the ineffable name of the Deity
  Synonym:ineffableunnameableunutterable

双语例句

• He sold an eccentric millionaire such an unspeakable suit as that!
  他把那么一套不像样子的衣服卖给一位脾气特别的百万富翁。
• We must find the ways to recover from this psychological effects of unspeakable acts.
  我们必须寻找从这个不可宽恕的行为而造成的精神创伤中恢复过来的途径。
• This is an unspeakable crime.
  这是宗令人发指的罪行。
• In grief unspeakable, I give you my hand& you of all women the most pitiable.
  在无可言喻的悲伤中，我向你伸出我的手，你是女人中最值得同情的。
• Would her pearls, her coiffure, help her after all endure the presence of her unspeakable brother?
  她的珍珠和发型能够帮助她忍受一位邪恶透顶的兄弟吗？
• She is not at all a beauty, but she has an unspeakable charm.
  她根本不是一个美人，但是她有一种无法说出的魅力。
• She is suffering from unspeakable pain.
  她在遭受难以形容的痛苦。
• In Chechnya unspeakable war crimes have been committed but hardly anyone has the guts to write about it.
  难于形容的战争罪行已经在车臣犯下，但是很难有人有勇气把它写下来。
• It is an unspeakable outrage and it cannot be allowed to happen.
  这是坏透了的恶行，不允许发生的。
• Her astonishment was almost unspeakable.
  她惊讶得无法形容。