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

• You are my unspeakable wound;
  你是我无法形容的伤口；
• The king had unspeakable majesty.
  国王有无法形容的威严。
• The culture has label death unthinkable and unspeakable region.
  文化已经为死神进行了一番修饰，把它称为难以想象和只可意会不可言传的禁区。
• The pain is unspeakable.
  疼起来厉害得无法形容。
• Her astonishment was almost unspeakable.
  她惊讶得无法形容。
• Oh, you unspeakable liar!
  啊，你这可恶透了的小骗子。
• 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？
• And I knew nothing about the millions of people living in unspeakable poverty and disease in developing countries.
  也对发展中国家被贫困和病痛折磨的人们一无所知。
• And that you would have to let a guy go who committed an unspeakable act.
  如果要你放过一个犯下发指罪行的人。
• 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。