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

• 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？
• It was the ineffable first embrace of two maiden souls in the ideal.
  那是两颗童贞的心在理想境界中的无可名状的初次燃烧。
• Such ineffable joy must be experienced; it can hardly be described.
  这种内心的喜悦只能意会，不能言传。
• A universe of ineffable gaudiness spun itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the wash-stand and the moon soaked with wet light his tangled clothes upon the floor.
  一个绚丽得无法形容的宇宙展现在他脑海里，这时小钟在洗脸架上滴答滴答地响着，月亮用水一般的光浸泡着他乱七八糟仍在地上的衣服。
• 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。
• 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。
• "You!" said the stately warrior, scanning the small form of the poet with ineffable disdain.
  “你！”威严的军人说，他用不可言喻的轻蔑眼光向小个子的诗人扫了一眼。
• Was caught up into Paradise and heard ineffable things, which no one may utter.
  他被提到乐园里去，听到了不可言传的话，是人不能说出的。
• 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。
• I subscribe to the premise that this flawed perfection is sufficient and complete* in every single, ineffable moment.
  我同意的前提就是有缺陷的完美，已经足够和完整了，在每个不用说出的瞬间。