词汇 | inscrutability |
释义 | inscrutability noun[ U ] uk /ɪnˌskruː.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ us /ɪnˌskruː.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ the quality of not showing emotions or thoughts and therefore being very difficult to understand or get to know: 不可理解,高深莫测,谜一样 The play's brevity and inscrutability give it a certain power.该剧的简短和高深莫测使它具有某种力量。 They accused him of deliberate inscrutability.他们指责他故作高深。 See inscrutable His face was the picture of inscrutability. His response was delivered with characteristic inscrutability. Robin has an inscrutability to her so that you never quite know what she's thinking. Not showing or feeling emotions anodyne anti-sentimental belie bite bite your lipidiom frozenly glaze hard-bitten hardened icily poker face reserved reservedly sphinx-like stiff upper lip unmoved unprocessed unresponsive unresponsively unresponsiveness Examples of inscrutabilityinscrutability How then does it cope with characters who are defined by reticence and inscrutability? Inscrutability and strangeness, and the distance (and tensions) between onstage and offstage masculinities, are two ideas that emerge from our pieces. Yet the inscrutability of her presentation makes a statement nevertheless about the obstructive strength of social construction. This combination of inscrutability and strangeness takes on different forms across the century. Few other operas, if any, have confronted the issue of inscrutability and illegibility with such directness or invention. Sometimes there is inscrutability and the unexpected. Therefore, the narrator also assumes the inscrutability of the trickster persona, which necessitates analysis to mediate between conceptual intentions, their realisation through action or speech, and their eventual subjective interpretation. Some theists would argue that such inscrutability is involved in the case of free beings, as a free decision has no truth-value whatsoever until the decision is made. That was an unfortunate choice, because that hymn records the inscrutability and omniscience which alone gives comfort to anybody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That has advantages in dealing with miscarriages of justice because the inscrutability of the jury verdict is not an obstacle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From him come short, cryptic statements offered with his usual endearing inscrutability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Due to his good looks and unfamiliarity with film, which passes for inscrutability, he is considered an indie talent. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This theory, linked with the inscrutability of reference make up the main characteristics of the indeterminacy of translation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The three indeterminacies are (i) inscrutability of reference, and (ii) holophrastic indeterminacy, and (iii) the underdetermination of scientific theory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Note that it is also applied at the indeterminacy of translation, but has traditionally been introduced to point up referential inscrutability. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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