词汇 | incalculable |
释义 | incalculable adjective uk /ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/ us /ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/ extremely large and therefore unable to be measured: 不可估量的,极大的 The ecological consequences of a nuclear war are incalculable.核战争对生态造成的危害是无法估量的。 Large in number or quantity a hundred/thousand/million and oneidiom above and beyond somethingidiom amount and then someidiom another any amount ofidiom billion gazillion heap high density huge hundred out/up the wazooidiom poly shower so much soidiom some super-large thick thousand Related wordincalculably incalculable | American Dictionaryincalculable adjective[ not gradable ] us/ɪnˈkæl·kjə·lə·bəl/ too large to be calculated or measured, or extremely large: The consequences of a nuclear war are incalculable. incalculable | Business Englishincalculable adjective uk /ɪnˈkælkjələbl/us impossible to measure: The cost in lost customer goodwill is incalculable. incalculable damage/harm Examples of incalculableincalculable In one account, these risks are novel, reflexive and incalculable. Pesticide use, much like extensive deforestation, may offer an impressive short-term gain, at an incalculable long-term cost. The play gives directions not for one or two but for numerous incalculable noises - tallying them up would produce a long catalogue. The economic cost of viruses is already incalculable and rising. European clothing became fashionable among them, but at an incalculable price. Even in the same act, such as participation in a meeting, we can surely discover a virtually incalculable number of different motivational processes. More broadly, the adverse effects on morale and standards of care, from uncomprehending, nonconsenting, helpless demented people being assisted into death, seem incalculable. If spending time wisely results in ' ' incalculable ' ' gains, then spending time is itself a productive act. Incalculable harm will be done if practitioners neglect these. Her death also represents an incalculable loss to musicologists and dance historians. And if everything else were truly incalculable and impossible to estimate, we should be led to assign decisive weight to this short time horizon scenario. In addition, there appears to be an incalculable number of cases in the world. The goodwill gained on top of that is incalculable. This results in the strange paradox that as risks become increasingly unknowable and incalculable, formalised systems for assessing and managing risks grow. His death was an incalculable loss to the university, his country and the world of scholarship. 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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