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。
• He can't go on holiday alone; it's inconceivable.
  他不会一个人去度假，这是不可能的。
• All of this now seems inconceivable.
  所有这些，现在似乎还很难想象。
• 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。
• 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 once seemed inconceivable to everyone that men should travel to the moon.
  人们一度认为，人飞上月球似乎是不可想象的。
• 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。
• Marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crisis.
  没有冲突的婚姻几乎同没有危机的国家一样难以想象。
• 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。