inconceivable
英 [ˌɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bəl]
美 [ˌɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bəl]
- adj. 不可思议的;难以置信的;不能想象的;非凡的
1、in- "not, opposite of" + con- + -ceiv- + -able.
2、含义:take into the mind. => that can be imagined.
inconceivable 无法想象的in-,不,非,conceivable,可想象的。
- inconceivable (adj.)
- 1630s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + conceivable. Related: Inconcievably. An Old English word for this was unasmeagendlic.
- 1. Until now, a devaluation of the dollar seemed inconceivable.
- 直到现在,美元的贬值似乎都无法想象。
- 2. It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker.
- 真想不到托比竟会是袭击我的人。
- 3. It is inconceivable that the minister was not aware of the problem.
- 令人难以置信的是那位大臣竟然没有意识到这个问题。
- 4. The thought of leaving her family was inconceivable to her.
- 想到要离开家她就觉得难以想像.
- 5. It is inconceivable that a thing can both be and not be.
- 一件事情,即是又非是,是不可思议的.