indefinable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

adj.  难以定义的; 无法解释的

复数：indefinables　

TEM8

BNC.21190 / COCA.26368

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以定义的；无法解释的
  difficult or impossible to define or explain
  1. She has that indefinable something that makes an actress a star.
     她具备了那种使演员成为明星的说不出的特质。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 难以确切表达的;难以确定的;模糊不清的
  Anindefinablequality or feeling cannot easily be described.
  1. There was something indefinable in her eyes...
     她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
  2. His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
     他的头不知为何有点晕眩。

英英释义

adj

• not capable of being precisely or readily described
  1. an indefinable feeling of terror
  2. an abstract concept that seems indefinable
  Synonym:undefinable
• defying expression or description
  1. indefinable yearnings
  2. indescribable beauty
  3. ineffable ecstasy
  4. inexpressible anguish
  5. unspeakable happiness
  6. unutterable contempt
  7. a thing of untellable splendor
  Synonym:indescribableineffableunspeakableuntellableunutterable

双语例句

• The role of the manager is inherently general, variable, and indefinable.
  经理人的角色本来就是不断变化且难以描述的。
• Both bore languidly the indefinable burden of immaterial pleasures.
  他俩昏昏沉沉地承受着这种非物质的快感的无限重压。
• The boundary is not clearly defined. This borderline is indefinable. definite but not specified or identified.
  有明确的界限但没有确定、识别。
• The author intended to create text full of sensorial stimulus, to demonstrate the indefinable movements of characters, like the reactions of plants evoked from the forces of Nature.
  第一章探讨《向性》一书里，作者透过文章结构、词汇布置出一个充满刺激物的文字空间启动人类的五种感官，进而观察人物微妙的心理活动转化。
• The mode of expression_r, the tone and modulation of the voice, the choice of words, and certain other indefinable things distinguish him.
  表达的方式、音调的转换、遣词造句以及某种难以言表的东西会让他们与众不同。
• An indefinable feeling of terror; an abstract concept that seems indefinable.
  说不清的恐怖感；看起来好像无法确定的抽象概念。
• A kind of something indefinable hit me, I suddenly thought of even stray and am not qualified, while the tears poured.
  有种说不清的说不清的东西袭击着我，我突然想到甚至连流浪的资格都没有了，而失声痛哭。
• She had that indefinable beauty.
  她浑身上下洋溢着一种美丽。
• All at once, she experienced that indefinable impression which one undergoes when there is some one standing behind one, even when she does not see the person.
  她忽然有一种说不出的感觉：在自己背后立着一个人，即使不看，也能感到。
• They immersed into my childhood life and made me keep the close distance and indefinable secret love to the country.
  她们浸香了我的童年，并使我和乡村一直保持着贴心的距离与莫名的暗恋。