unutterable

英 [ʌnˈʌtərəbl]

美 [ʌnˈʌtərəbl]

adj.  难以言表的; 说不出的

BNC.39325 / COCA.37267

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以言表的；说不出的
  used to emphasize how great a particular emotion or quality is
  1. unutterable sadness
     无法形容的悲伤

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指不好的事情）无以名状的，难以形容的，莫名的
  You can useunutterableto emphasize that something, especially a bad quality, is great in degree or intensity.
  1. I am at the beginning of a new and unutterable loneliness.
     我再次陷入莫名的孤独寂寞中。
  2. ...unutterable rubbish.
     一派胡言

英英释义

adj

• very difficult to pronounce correctly
  1. an unpronounceable foreign word
  2. unutterable consonant clusters
  Synonym:unpronounceable
• 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:indefinableindescribableineffableunspeakableuntellable
• too sacred to be uttered
  1. the ineffable name of the Deity
  Synonym:ineffableunnameableunspeakable

双语例句

• The acuteness and the significance of the Captain's eye as he cocked it in reply, no words short of those unutterable Chinese words before referred to could describe.
  船长的眼睛向上一瞟作为回答，那眼光的锐利与意味深长，除了前面提到的不能发音的中国语言外，其他语言都不能形容。
• The Captain seemed to make an endeavour to rise from the depths of his astonishment, and get back to his face; but the effort being ineffectual, the glazed hat merely nodded with a mute, unutterable meaning.
  船长似乎竭力想从他震惊的深渊中挣扎起来，恢复脸上的表情，但却徒劳无益；那上了光的帽子只是默默无声地、带着难以表达的含意点了一下头。
• He has passed through unutterable agonies.
  他已经历了有口难言的烦恼。
• At the sight of the unutterable passion of that look I could hardly contain myself.
  看见那种说不出的苦闷的神情，我简直控制不住自己了。
• An unpronounceable foreign word; unutterable consonant clusters.
  很难发音的外语词；难发音的辅音丛。
• But what from almost any point of view we find so difficult to understand is, the unutterable abasement of the Leaders of Israel, their moral suicide as regarded Israel's hope and spiritual existence.
  但是，从几乎任何角度来看我们发现很难理解的是，自卑的难言的以色列领导人，他们的道德自杀视为以色列的希望和精神的存在。
• There was nothing I could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn't true.
  我无话可说，除了这个说不出来的事实：事情并不是这样的。
• Unutterable pain, delight, boredom, relief, etc
  不可言状的痛苦、欢愉、厌倦、宽慰等
• So, to their own unutterable torment, they go about among their fellow-creatures, looking pure as new-fallen snow; while their hearts are all speckled and spotted with iniquity of which they cannot rid themselves.
  于是，他们默默忍受着难言曲折磨，在同伴中走来走去，表面象新落下的雪一般地纯洁，而内心却沾满了无法洗刷的斑痕。
• Inconceivable and unutterable were the wonderful and astonishing actions which he performed for the bebefit of his chief disciples.
  他教化他的主要弟子的事迹令人称奇，妙不可言。