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 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。
• 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。
• It once seemed inconceivable to everyone that men should travel to the moon.
  人们一度认为，人飞上月球似乎是不可想象的。
• 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。
• That event was inconceivable to us.
  那事件是我们所想像不到的。
• There were two substances, mind and matter, and they were so dissimilar that an interaction seemed inconceivable.
  实体有精神和物质两个，它们极不相似，其相互作用似乎是不可想像的事。
• For Americans, McDonald's will link up with the romantic is inconceivable.
  对美国人来说，将麦当劳与浪漫联系起来是不可思议的。
• 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。
• Alas, this seems inconceivable.
  可是哎呀，这似乎是不可想象的。
• He can't go on holiday alone; it's inconceivable.
  他不会一个人去度假，这是不可能的。