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

• Marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crisis.
  没有冲突的婚姻几乎同没有危机的国家一样难以想象。
• 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。
• That event was inconceivable to us.
  那事件是我们所想像不到的。
• Alas, this seems inconceivable.
  可是哎呀，这似乎是不可想象的。
• This is the indiscriminate, inconceivable horror of chemical weapons.
  这是化学武器的滥杀和令人难以置信的恐怖。
• 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。
• It seemed inconceivable that the pilot could have survived the crash.
  驾驶员在飞机坠毁后，竟然还能活着，这看来是不可想象的事。
• 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 sounds inconceivable but is the naked truth.
  这听起来不可思议，但却绝对是事实。
• Obviously, it is inconceivable, especially should not be in a socialist country happen, though still happen.
  显然，这是不可思议的，尤其是不应在社会主义的国度里发生，然而还是发生了。