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unthinkable

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英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词unbelievable inconceivable incredible outlandish absurd preposterous impossible ridiculous

反义词

adj. 不能想象的；过分的

IELTS低频词

词态变化

名词: the unthinkable;

英英释意

1. incapable of being conceived or considered

英文词源

unthinkable (adj.): early 15c., "too large to be conceived, unimaginable," from un- (1) "not" + think (v.) + -able. Meaning "incapable of being framed by thought" is recorded from mid-15c.

考试真题

Then one day — January 1, 2007, to be exact — my husband's doctor uttered an unthinkable word : leukemi?

In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable:Start a conversation .

实用场景例句

It was unthinkable that she could be dead.: 她竟然去世了，真是很难相信。

[单数]Suddenly the unthinkable happened and he drew out a gun.: 突然，难以相信的事情发生了，他拔出了手枪。

The time has come to think the unthinkable (= consider possibilities that used to be unacceptable) .: 现在该开始考虑以前不予考虑的事情了。

Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.: 笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。

This place is going to be unthinkable without you.: 没有了你，真不知道这地方会变成什么样子。

...Monday's unthinkable tragedy.: 周一发生的难以置信的悲剧

Today's oil prices would have been unthinkable until very recently.: 前一段时间人们都没有想过当前的油价会这么高.

Tom and Mary at the same bridge table is unthinkable.: 汤姆和玛丽坐在一张桌子上打桥牌是不可思议的.

That this project would achieve ultimate success was unthinkable at the time.: 这个项目能获得最后的成功在当时对人们来说是难以置信的.

Perhaps we should all be breeding starlings in our back gardens now before the unthinkable happens.: 在难以想象的事情发生之前,也许我们从现在起就应该在自己的后花园中繁殖惊鸟.

But for the American culture, eating pigeon is pretty unthinkable.: 可是对美国文化来说?吃鸽子却是不可思议的.

There's no suggestion that she should resign , ie That would be completely unthinkable.: 没有任何迹象显示她要辞职.

It is unthinkable that the fight is terribly fierce.: 战斗之烈,实难预料.

The sheer power that Sargeras commanded made direct opposition unthinkable.: 直接面对Sargeras的全部力量是不可想象的.

Reforms in other areas, though less dramatic, would still have been unthinkable before Katrina.: 其他地区的改革, 尽管没这么有戏剧性, 但跟飓风之前比起来仍旧是不可想象的.

Still , some economists are contemplating scenarios that used to be unthinkable.: 不过一些经济学家也开始设想一些曾经不可思议的情况.

If you slack off, it is irresponsible to evade, the consequences would be unthinkable, not envisaged.: 如果你懈怠, 那就是不负责任的推脱, 后果不堪设想, 也无须设想.

The historical life of a literary work is unthinkable without the active participation of the addresses.: 一部文学作品的历史生命如果没有接受者的积极参与是不可思议的.

This would have been unthinkable two years ago.: 在两年前制定这样的方案是不可想象的.

The consequences of failure and reorganization under the revised statutes , while serious, are not unthinkable.: 失败和根据修订过的规章进行改组的后果虽然严重, 但并不是不可想象的.

It would be unthinkable to ask him to do that.: 叫他做那件事是毫无可能的.

It might seem almost unthinkable to propose a return to a gold standard, in other words.: 换言之, 提议回归金本位制也许几乎是不可想象的.

The last thing they want to be asked is the unthinkable, " How old are you exactly? ": 所以,许多美国人竭力想维持外貌的年轻, 他们最不愿别人问及的问题就是: “ 你到底有多大年纪了? ”

The amorality of the Nazis represents taking this position to its unthinkable extreme.: 纳粹分子的非道德代表着这一观点难以相像的极端.

A vast sum, an unthinkable sum!: 一笔巨款, 简直不可思议!

It is quite unthinkable that a child like him can speak a foreign language so fluently.: 像他这样的孩子居然能流利地说一种外语,真是令人难以置信.

It'should limit the unthinkable and thereby the unthinkable.: 114它应该划定什么是可思考的,因而也就划定了什么是不可思考的.

Failure at this late stage is unthinkable.: 在这么一个后期阶段遭到失败简直难以相信.

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 steam engine is an unthinkable contraption without the domesticating loop of the revolving governor.: 要是没有那个安安分分转动着的调控器所构成的主控回路,蒸汽机根本就是不可想象的装置.