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

• 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。
• Sadly, it is inconceivable that Japan would appoint a foreigner to lead one of its most important institutions.
  遗憾的是，日本任命一位外国人领导其最为重要的机构之一是不可想象的。
• 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。
• That event was inconceivable to us.
  那事件是我们所想像不到的。
• Overwhelmed with bliss, he told me, gods power is indeed inconceivable.
  当时他沈醉在喜悦里，对我说：上帝的力量真是太不可思议了！
• 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。
• 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。
• For a child to do that job is just inconceivable.
  那一个孩子做这项工作那真是不可思议。
• 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。
• It may have been inconceivable to Sokol that he could do anything that was unethical.
  这对于索科尔而言可能也是难以置信的&他会做违背职业道德的事情？