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

• It is inconceivable for me, he wrote, that France would recognise two communities within the same discipline.
  对我来说不可想象的是，他写道，法国会承认同一学科内部的两班人马。
• It seemed inconceivable that the pilot could have survived the crash.
  驾驶员在飞机坠毁后，竟然还能活着，这看来是不可想象的事。
• 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。
• There were two substances, mind and matter, and they were so dissimilar that an interaction seemed inconceivable.
  实体有精神和物质两个，它们极不相似，其相互作用似乎是不可想像的事。
• Alas, this seems inconceivable.
  可是哎呀，这似乎是不可想象的。
• It is inconceivable, the agony with which this public veneration tortured him!
  公众对他的景仰是如何折磨着他，那痛苦是难以想见的！
• It is not inconceivable that she could be lying.
  她可能在说谎这一点并不是不可想象的。
• All of this now seems inconceivable.
  所有这些，现在似乎还很难想象。
• 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。
• 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。