Inconceivable
[ɪnkən'siːvəb(ə)l] or [,ɪnkən'sivəbl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion.
格罗夫斯整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Incomprehensible, that cannot be conceived.
詹森錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CONCEIVE]
巴里整理
解釋/意思:
adj. that cannot be conceived by the mind: incomprehensible: involving a contradiction in terms: physically impossible.—ns. Inconceivabil′ity Inconceiv′ableness.—adv. Inconceiv′ably.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He was so firm, and shapely, with such satisfying, inconceivable shapeliness, strange, yet unutterably clear. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- To the matter-of-fact Aristotle, and probably to most practical men, its abolition was inconceivable. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs, and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Or, assuming it to be false, could the conclusion which associated Sir Percival with her guilt have been founded in some inconceivable error? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But this is inconceivable--impossible. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- A sort of passionate honesty in her made it inconceivable that he should try to draw her into that familiar trap. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- If there are, they must be of an inconceivable greatness. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But such things were inconceivable in New York, and unsettling to think of. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At the mere thought of Mrs Higden in this inconceivable affliction, Mr Sloppy's countenance became pale, and manifested the most distressful emotions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- My mind, with inconceivable rapidity followed out all the consequences of such a death. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- O inconceivable height of beauty, which is above knowledge and above truth! 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- These fellows dared not have acted with such inconceivable impudence, had they not been supported by some strong bands. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Computations based upon this experiment show that the earth receives daily from the sun the equivalent of 341,000,000,000 horse power--an amount inconceivable to the human mind. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The mischief such a man does on an estate, both as to the credit of his employer and the welfare of the poor, is inconceivable. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It is inconceivable that it could have been made. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- To begin with the examination of motion; it is evident this is a quality altogether inconceivable alone, and without a reference to some other object. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Finally, the thought of the Greeks was hampered by a want of knowledge that is almost inconceivable to us to-day. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is inconceivable, for example, that this ivy and this lawn would have yielded nothing to an expert observer. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At that--at the complete unexpectedness and the inconceivable audacity of it--Lily could not restrain the tribute of an astonished laugh. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- His conduct, under the circumstances, was so utterly inconceivable, that I stood bewildered with my hand in his. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He had told her the most extraordinary, the most inconceivable, the most unwelcome news; and she could think of nothing else. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He was pacing the garden: his passions were in a state of inconceivable turbulence. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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