| 词汇 | example_english_indefinable |
| 释义 | Examples of indefinableThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Second, the verbal reports do not reveal visual contents but instead "a feeling of indefinable discomfort, anxious perplexity and harrowing worry" (p. 279). The boundary is so indefinable there as to be almost impossible to distinguish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not liked it very much, because it is indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that in attempting to define the powers of the commissioner we are trying to define the indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Using the word "sight" in that context is as indefinable as the hypothetical length of a piece of string. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again, we are trying to define the indefinable; namely, the area of public taste. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His answer seemed to be that poverty was indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told that this is an indefinable word in law and would only create obscurity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not merely beautiful structures, but possess an indefinable atmosphere as the centres of a highly civilised home life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many hours of paid argument will the lawyers need to define the indefinable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cause harm to an indefinable aspect of our lives—to our cultural and educational processes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The case against including these indefinable and unquantifiable words is overwhelming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If these duties are indefinable, the pledge means nothing and is simply bunk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in an indefinable and debatable area between the criminal and civil law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have in mind fashion, line, colour, taste and smell—indefinable factors which are purely subjective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us start with the assumption that a clearance sale might be regarded as the unknowable, indefinable or very unclear and ambiguous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In talking in this way about the "recognised rules of warfare"and about the"general sentiments of humanity" you are simply trying to define the indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inasmuch as that is an indefinable quality we shall have to accept the life interest as a whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The indefinable word "excessive"clearly should be replaced by the word"unjustified". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about a sort of indefinable catch-all phrase that really enhances the unprecedented powers of the executive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The use of the word "detente" is at the moment indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, there is an almost unquantifiable and indefinable increase in real costs that cannot just be swept under the carpet and ignored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Though indefinable, such an atmosphere is a definite factor in their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I readily concede that any attempt to define the indefinable is unlikely wholly to succeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we have a genuine, unclear; ambiguous, unknowable and indefinable condition that entitles a manufacturer to refuse supplies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we know is that it limits in some indefinable way the extent of the defence of absolute privilege. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no visible end product and its value is indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also, in a vague and indefinable phrase, our own longer-term interests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty is that one is really seeking to define the indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At some indefinable stage, they move on from that, with which one can sympathise, to a complete disregard of what is happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are concerned not only with city centres but also with those indefinable areas, half town and half suburb, which exist around our large conurbations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has also to have something which is more indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The responsibilities which our dwindling forces are called upon to defend are so indefinite, perhaps so indefinable, and so immeasurable, that one cannot but be uncomfortable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The term "built-in" is equally indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She has said that they are indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Looking at specific details, we find that clause 7(2), as drafted, is only a weak and indefinable injunction on local education authorities to endeavour to comply with parental wishes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An ordinary dwelling-house is practically indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All these factors are indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The essence of a university is indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I mention these distinguished records to show there is great difficulty in assessing the qualities and other indefinable matters that go to make a good regiment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Government is perpetually consulting on almost anything that you care to mention, for indefinable periods of time and a range of reasons, including a simple desire to prevaricate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are dealing with an intangible, invisible something, an indefinable thing, and you cannot tell till the article is completely finished whether you will get your money back or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again we are faced with the indefinable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest there is some immutable and indefinable factor in the human make-up and in the fibre of an individual about which we cannot do anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indefinable as they are, our cultures are sacred to us. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Perhaps he felt an indefinable desire to do something good in life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has a rasping voice, an indefinable accent, and a face like an inverted whiteface clown's make up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She was a really accomplished actress with that indefinable quality which we call style. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nilavu is the soul touching story of an indefinable relationship between two lonely individuals, who meet by chance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Since they are anything but trivial and obvious, value must be indefinable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In his manner there was an indefinable contempt for inferiority of all kinds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Terina, the central character of the story, is depicted as an indefinable and inexpressible entity without firm contours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thus, the truth of indefinable concepts and propositions using them is entirely a matter of logic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In all he is a plain, strong, dependable man, who has that indefinable something called personal magnetism that draws men to him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her songwriting has been characterized as a blend of bravado and vulnerability that wavers on indefinable borders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sailing platforms are ideal for exposing young officers to the challenges at sea to imbibe that indefinable quality of sea sense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was led to become urgently concerned with conveying the indefinable in the poem itself. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If man, as the existentialist conceives him, is indefinable, it is because at first he is nothing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His efforts are frustrated by his family ties and the indefinable, unbreakable tie to the land. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Klein presents capitalist trading strategies and illuminates his ideas about the indefinable, incalculable value of art. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chandassu is a definable aspect of many definable and indefinable aspects of poetry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Though the boundaries of societies and their cultures are indefinable and arbitrary, the subjectivity inherent in each one is palatable and can be recognized as distinct from others. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He had that indefinable something fans responded to, and he was sharp enough to build upon what he had, paying attention to what got a reaction from the fans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. More easily definable in politics, and more complex and less easily definable, or indefinable, in the arts and culture. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Indefinable by label or category in his own being, he physically uprooted himself from a singular fixed geography, which allowed him to speak openly about universal concepts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Moore insists that the statement that good is indefinable is not about the word" good" but about the notion or object it denotes. The modern chorus had swollen out of control: it was monstrous, indefinable and stubborn. Modernism is surely the most indefinable movement of the twentieth century. In other words, they are indefinable and represent the most basic of meanings. A monster is by its very nature uncontrollable and indefinable, something that is neither one thing nor another. Second, the verbal reports do not reveal visual contents but instead "a feeling of indefinable discomfort, anxious perplexity and harrowing worry". Such criteria must be viewed in context with far less quantifiable social factors and a consideration of the officially indefinable" quality of life". Like the contemporary moment, can we ever truly know our social identity in all its indefinable and mutable glory? Exactly how closely related two lexemes must be to qualify for the label 'polysemy' is indefinable. Her colour sense was so subtle that the delicacy of detail could scarcely be seen at a distance, though the effect she created was of an indefinable shimmer. The product of the collaborative process is always more than the sum of its parts and there emerges another layer in the work which is indefinable and separate. Nonetheless, everything is uncovered, visible: indefinable terms will be indicated and all terms whose reference is not immediately clear will be defined explicitly, and once and for all. The intangible family ties, almost indefinable, which unite us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that sense of a latent, indefinable strength in the background is precipitately and incontinently swept away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are too many indefinable elements; there are too many unknowns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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