unthinkable
英 [ʌn'θɪŋkəb(ə)l]
美[ʌn'θɪŋkəbl]
- adj. 不能想象的；过分的
实用场景例句
- It was unthinkable that she could be dead.
- 她竟然去世了，真是很难相信。
牛津词典
- [单数]Suddenly the unthinkable happened and he drew out a gun.
- 突然，难以相信的事情发生了，他拔出了手枪。
牛津词典
- The time has come to think the unthinkable (= consider possibilities that used to be unacceptable) .
- 现在该开始考虑以前不予考虑的事情了。
牛津词典
- Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
- 笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This place is going to be unthinkable without you.
- 没有了你，真不知道这地方会变成什么样子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Monday's unthinkable tragedy.
- 周一发生的难以置信的悲剧
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Today's oil prices would have been unthinkable until very recently.
- 前一段时间人们都没有想过当前的油价会这么高.
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- Tom and Mary at the same bridge table is unthinkable.
- 汤姆和玛丽坐在一张桌子上打桥牌是不可思议的.
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- That this project would achieve ultimate success was unthinkable at the time.
- 这个项目能获得最后的成功在当时对人们来说是难以置信的.
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- Perhaps we should all be breeding starlings in our back gardens now before the unthinkable happens.
- 在难以想象的事情发生之前,也许我们从现在起就应该在自己的后花园中繁殖惊鸟.
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- But for the American culture, eating pigeon is pretty unthinkable.
- 可是对美国文化来说?吃鸽子却是不可思议的.
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- There's no suggestion that she should resign , ie That would be completely unthinkable.
- 没有任何迹象显示她要辞职.
辞典例句
- It is unthinkable that the fight is terribly fierce.
- 战斗之烈,实难预料.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The sheer power that Sargeras commanded made direct opposition unthinkable.
- 直接面对Sargeras的全部力量是不可想象的.
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- Reforms in other areas, though less dramatic, would still have been unthinkable before Katrina.
- 其他地区的改革, 尽管没这么有戏剧性, 但跟飓风之前比起来仍旧是不可想象的.
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- Still , some economists are contemplating scenarios that used to be unthinkable.
- 不过一些经济学家也开始设想一些曾经不可思议的情况.
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- If you slack off, it is irresponsible to evade, the consequences would be unthinkable, not envisaged.
- 如果你懈怠, 那就是不负责任的推脱, 后果不堪设想, 也无须设想.
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- The historical life of a literary work is unthinkable without the active participation of the addresses.
- 一部文学作品的历史生命如果没有接受者的积极参与是不可思议的.
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- This would have been unthinkable two years ago.
- 在两年前制定这样的方案是不可想象的.
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- The consequences of failure and reorganization under the revised statutes , while serious, are not unthinkable.
- 失败和根据修订过的规章进行改组的后果虽然严重, 但并不是不可想象的.
辞典例句
- It would be unthinkable to ask him to do that.
- 叫他做那件事是毫无可能的.
《简明英汉词典》
- It might seem almost unthinkable to propose a return to a gold standard, in other words.
- 换言之, 提议回归金本位制也许几乎是不可想象的.
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- The last thing they want to be asked is the unthinkable, " How old are you exactly? "
- 所以,许多美国人竭力想维持外貌的年轻, 他们最不愿别人问及的问题就是: “ 你到底有多大年纪了? ”
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- The amorality of the Nazis represents taking this position to its unthinkable extreme.
- 纳粹分子的非道德代表着这一观点难以相像的极端.
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- A vast sum, an unthinkable sum!
- 一笔巨款, 简直不可思议!
英汉文学 - 三万元遗产
- It is quite unthinkable that a child like him can speak a foreign language so fluently.
- 像他这样的孩子居然能流利地说一种外语,真是令人难以置信.
《简明英汉词典》
- It'should limit the unthinkable and thereby the unthinkable.
- 114它应该划定什么是可思考的,因而也就划定了什么是不可思考的.
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- Failure at this late stage is unthinkable.
- 在这么一个后期阶段遭到失败简直难以相信.
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- The culture has label death unthinkable and unspeakable region.
- 文化已经为死神进行了一番修饰,把它称为难以想象和只可意会不可言传的禁区.
辞典例句
- The steam engine is an unthinkable contraption without the domesticating loop of the revolving governor.
- 要是没有那个安安分分转动着的调控器所构成的主控回路,蒸汽机根本就是不可想象的装置.
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