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。
• It is that indefinable charm which is to a woman what perfume is to the flower and flavor to the fruit, for the beauty of either is not the only quality we seek.
  而这种娇柔对于一个女人，正好象香气对于花和美味对于果子一样，美并不是我们对于花和果所要求的唯一的东西。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
• An indefinable sadness had come over Huei-fang these last few days.
  四小姐这无名的惆怅也是最近三四天内才有的。
• 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。
• A sign that they are losing the sense of their criminality, and that they feel, even among thinkers and dreamers, some indefinable support which the latter themselves know not of.
  这说明他们已失去了那种自惭多罪的感受，并感到自己已在某些思想家和空想者中间受到一种说不上是什么的不自觉的支持。
• A strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has.
  不确定的异常兴奋；异常的空想；她的幽默感是多么不同寻常。
• 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 indefinable pleasures that a bookshop supplies.
  书店给人的难以言喻的乐趣。
• 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。