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

• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person.
  作为一个抽象概念，爱，通常指一种深深的无法形容的情感，一种关心他人的温柔。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。