ineffable

英 [ɪnˈefəbl]

美 [ɪnˈefəbl]

adj.  (美好得)难以形容的，不可言喻的

GRE

BNC.26639 / COCA.21779

牛津词典

adj.

• （美好得）难以形容的，不可言喻的
  too great or beautiful to describe in words
  1. ineffable joy
     难以形容的喜悦

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 言语难以表达的;不可言喻的
  You useineffableto say that something is so great or extreme that it cannot be described in words.
  1. ...the ineffable sadness of many of the portraits.
     许多肖像流露出的难以形容的悲伤

英英释义

adj

• 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:indefinableindescribableunspeakableuntellableunutterable
• too sacred to be uttered
  1. the ineffable name of the Deity
  Synonym:unnameableunspeakableunutterable

双语例句

• My little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
  我的小小的心，消融在无边快乐之中，发出不可言说的词调。
• Finally, it is held to be ineffable, its essence incapable of being expressed or understood outside the experience itself.
  最后，它是举行可无法形容的，其本质无法表达或理解以外的经验本身。
• Something as ineffable as where you focus your attention can make your whole brain work differently.
  人的注意力集中在不同地方，整个大脑的运行方式也就不同。
• It is said to be intolerant of uncertainty in human behavior, and refuses to recognize the private, the ineffable, and the unpredictable.
  它据说对人类行为的不确定有着偏狭性，并拒绝承认私人的，有避讳的，以及难以预测的情况。
• In a mysterious universe, says Arnold Toynbee, man tries to express what they can of the ineffable.
  阿诺德·汤因比称，在神秘的宇宙中，人类总试图表达他们无法表达的东西。
• Such a day is an ineffable mixture of dream and of reality.
  这样的一天是梦幻和现实的混合。
• One person has an ineffable and tender feeling toward another person, which withstands the test of time.
  一个经的住时间考验的人对另外的人有一种说不出的柔柔的感觉。
• The most ineffable accents of the feminine voice employed to lull you, and supplying the vanished universe to you.
  那种不可磨灭的女性的语声既可以催你入睡，又可以为你代替那失去了的宇宙。
• By virtue of something ineffable and melancholy which enveloped him, she felt the look in his eyes which she could not see.
  她看不见他的眼睛，却感到他的目光里有一种说不上来的难以表达和忧伤的东西把她裹住了。
• You could not find proper words to express your happy feeling so you can say that your happy feeling is ineffable.
  你无法找到合适的词表达你的喜悦，所以，你可以说，你的喜悦是难以言语形容的。