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

• But this painful respiration hardly troubled a sort of ineffable serenity which overspread her countenance, and which transfigured her in her sleep.
  但是在她脸上，有一种无可形容的安闲态度，使她在睡眠中显得另有一番神色，那种苦痛的呼吸并不怎么影响她。她的面容已由黄变白，两颊却绯红。
• 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。
• It turns out that the ineffable thing we call charisma has two primary elements, strength and warmth.
  事实证明，这种被我们称之为“魅力”的、难以言说的东西由两个主要元素组成&强势与同情心。
• Or the ineffable Zen, which is the so-called unity of heaven and man?
  或者是所谓天人合一的不可言说的禅意？
• 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。
• Knowing himself to be one with the Universal Spirit, he realizes ineffable Peace.
  他认识了自己和普遍宇宙精神为一体的时候，会意识到不可说的平静。
• When we go home to see the favor of the parents are jumping, their mood had no less than a grand festival, ineffable feeling of happiness.
  当我们见到回家的父母更是欢心跳跃，其心情不亚于过盛大的节日，幸福之情不可言喻。
• 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。
• This kind of feeling is really ineffable!
  这种感觉真是无法形容啊！
• 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。