inconceivable
英 [ɪnkən'siːvəb(ə)l]
美[,ɪnkən'sivəbl]
- adj. 不可思议的;难以置信的;不能想象的;非凡的
词态变化
副词: inconceivably;
助记提示
1、in- "not, opposite of" + con- + -ceiv- + -able.
2、含义:take into the mind. => that can be imagined.
2、含义:take into the mind. => that can be imagined.
中文词源
inconceivable 无法想象的
in-,不,非,conceivable,可想象的。
英英释意
- 1. totally unlikely
英文词源
- inconceivable (adj.)
- 1630s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + conceivable. Related: Inconcievably. An Old English word for this was unasmeagendlic.
考试真题
- Thirty years ago, it would have been inconceivable to have imagined a ban on smoking in the workplace or in pubs, and yet that is what we have now.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A marriage without conflict is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crisis.
- 没有冲突的婚姻和没有危机的国家一样,几乎无法想象.
期刊摘选
- Tom : It is about paper making, its raw material is elephant dung . Is it inconceivable?
- 是关于造纸的, 原料是象粪. 很不可思议 吧 .
期刊摘选
- I had scarcely seen him when I was filled with unutterable joy and inconceivable bliss.
- 我一看见他,心中就有说不出的愉悦.
期刊摘选
- Such things were inconceivable in New York.
- 这种事在纽约社会是不可思议的.
辞典例句
- The volatile cargo makes a gun battle inconceivable.
- 船上的易爆货物使枪战难以进行.
期刊摘选
- The chaos was inconceivable.
- 那种紊乱状况是难想象的.
期刊摘选
- This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors.
- 在微处理机问世之前这种工作是难以想象的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Colour is inconceivable to people born blind.
- 颜色对于生来就双目失明的人是无法想像的.
《简明英汉词典》
- All this would have been inconceivable 30 years ago.
- 这一切是在三十年前不可想象的.
期刊摘选
- It is inconceivable that folks would be killed and consumed by other human beings.
- 人食人,一种匪夷所思的行为,食人族,彷佛只存在于故事书里的荒诞人物.
期刊摘选
- She gazed at this improbably overgrown figure out of an inconceivable future and promptly dismissed it.
- 她凝视着这不大可能长得如此硕大的身影,想象不出将来会有这么大个儿子,便立即打消了这个念头.
期刊摘选
- It is inconceivable that a thing can both be and not be.
- 一件事情,即是又非是,是不可思议的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A few decades ago, Das's story would have been almost inconceivable.
- 如果在几十年前, 达斯的故事几乎是无法想象的.
期刊摘选
- 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!
英汉文学 - 红字
- The thought of leaving her family was inconceivable to her.
- 想到要离开家她就觉得难以想像.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is already perfect, pure and replete with all virtuous, inconceivable Buddha - qualities.
- 它已经是完美的, 纯洁的并且充满了所有善良的, 不可思议的佛素质.
期刊摘选
- I was able to see them with an objectivity that was inconceivable to them.
- 我能以一种客观的方式来观察他们,而他们对这种方式却不能理解.
辞典例句
- Just a few years ago, such an event would have been almost inconceivable.
- 就在几年前, 这种事也几乎是不可想象的.
期刊摘选
- It is inconceivable that she could be considered for the job.
- 竟考虑让她担任这一工作,真令人难以相信.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- It is not inconceivable for a program to compile and execute and still be fatally wrong.
- 通过编译并执行的程序仍然存在致命的错误,这并不是不可能的.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- A circle without a center is inconceivable.
- 一个没有圆心的圆是不可思议的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句