词汇 | inconceivable |
释义 | inconceivable adjective uk /ˌɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bəl/ us /ˌɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bəl/(alsounconceivable) C2 impossible to imagine or think of: 不能想象的;不可思议的 inconceivable toThe idea that they might not win was inconceivable to them.他们可能赢不了的念头对他们来说是不可想象的。 It would be inconceivable for her to change her mind.要她改变主意是不可想象的。 He added that it was unconceivable to him that anyone would consent to such a change. not able to happen, exist, or be true impossibleYou can't be at my party and at work at the same time – it's impossible! be out of the questionGoing on holiday under these circumstances is out of the question. no wayThere is absolutely no way your mother will allow that. inconceivableIt's inconceivable that the president didn't know about the military attack. unthinkableA wide-scale nuclear attack is unthinkable. extremely unlikely: 可能性极小的 virtually/almost inconceivableAnother nuclear accident in the same place is virtually/almost inconceivable.同一地方再次发生核事故简直/几乎是不可能的。 it is inconceivable thatIt is not inconceivable (= it is possible) that she could be lying.她有可能在说谎。 Not expected or planned abrupt end abrupt halt abruptly abruptness ad hoc inadvertence inadvertency inadvertent inadvertently inconceivably sine die spirit spontaneity spontaneous spontaneously unsuspected untimely untoward unwilled unwitting Related wordinconceivably inconceivable | American Dictionaryinconceivable adjective us/ˌɪn·kənˈsi·və·bəl/ impossible to imagine or think of: Politicians always say that a tax increase is inconceivable. inconceivablyadverbus/ˌɪn·kənˈsi·və·bli/ Examples of inconceivableinconceivable On the other hand, he had authorized a military operation of such strong repercussion as to make an affirmative answer inconceivable. The way this has been done is so simplistic that i t is inconceivable it could generate quantitatively accurate predictions of behaviour. Personal division may be technically impossible, but it is not inconceivable. Not just telephone conversations, but also ringing tones are heard in places that were inconceivable for such events a few years ago. Pegs that crawl are inconceivable outside theories of exchange rate management. Without the ability to entertain multiple possible worlds, belief in the supernatural is inconceivable. The evidence presented here indicates that such an idea can hardly have struck them as inconceivable. After all, four years later, the ' inconceivable ' happened. Dependence on the resources of the forest was total, and so life without the forest was inconceivable. How many aficionados have fully grasped this complex system that can only be mastered by microscopic observation and an almost inconceivable obsession? While to others it appeared almost inconceivable, to him these were scenes of his childhood memories. Buying a bikini for a spouse would be inconceivable. Admittedly, this case is a bit far-fetched, but it is not inconceivable. Freedoms or rights to be asserted against superiors or authorities were inconceivable. Such a decision, inconceivable nowadays, made sense only within the philopassian cultural context. See all examples of inconceivable 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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