unfathomable

英 [ʌnˈfæðəməbl]

美 [ʌnˈfæðəməbl]

adj.  难以理解的; 莫测高深的; (表情)难以琢磨的，微妙的

TEM8

BNC.23619 / COCA.18629

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以理解的；莫测高深的
  too strange or difficult to be understood
  1. an unfathomable mystery
     难以解释的奥秘
• （表情）难以琢磨的，微妙的
  if sb has an unfathomable expression, it is impossible to know what they are thinking

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （事物）高深莫测的，深奥的
  If you describe something asunfathomable, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated.
  1. For some unfathomable reason, there are no stairs where there should be...
     不知什么原因，本该有楼梯的地方却没有。
  2. How odd life was, how unfathomable, how profoundly unjust.
     生活多么离奇，多么莫测，多么不公啊！
• ADJ （人或表情）难以捉摸的
  If you useunfathomableto describe a person or the expression on their face, you mean that you cannot tell what they are thinking or what they intend to do.
  1. ...a strange, unfathomable and unpredictable individual.
     一个古怪、难以捉摸、反复无常的人
  2. ...the dark eyes that right now seemed opaque and unfathomable.
     此刻显得浑浊莫测的黑眼睛

英英释义

adj

• impossible to come to understand
• resembling an abyss in depth
  1. the abyssal depths of the ocean
  Synonym:abysmalabyssal
• of depth

双语例句

• Like so many academics, he hides behind a lot of unfathomable hocus-pocus.
  和许多学者一样，他隐藏在一大堆高深莫测、故弄玄虚的语言背后。
• For some unfathomable reason, there are no stairs where there should be
  不知什么原因，本该有楼梯的地方却没有。
• The human's capacity to be resilient to redials is unfathomable.
  人类对困难的适应能力无可限量。
• The desert at night was like a black sea stretching out silently before them, profound, mysterious and unfathomable, as if waiting to swallow all life that dared to challenge it.
  黑夜中的沙漠，犹如一片黑色的海，在他们面前无边无际地静默着，显得那样的幽深、神秘而不可捉摸，似乎等候着吞没所有敢于篾视它的生命。
• Our ignorance has nothing to do with the old orientalist notion that Arabs are unfathomable beings.
  我们的无知与认为阿拉伯人深不可测的老式东方主义观点无关。
• Our hearts and spirits are as mysterious and unfathomable as the virgin forest.
  你我的心灵，又何尝不似原始森林一般神秘莫测？
• In the beginning, spirituality appears like the bud on a bloom, opening gradually, tempting us with a glimpse of its splendor and unfathomable depths.
  一开始，精神似乎在萌芽状态，然后逐步开放，诱使我们去一睹它的辉煌和无尽的奥秘。
• Perhaps one of the most unfathomable things is why Mr Kan did not have the wit to turn that to his advantage.
  也许，最深不可测的事情是为什么菅直人没有能力将群众的愤怒转变成自己的优势。
• Though the sword did grant him unfathomable power, it also stole his soul and transformed him into the greatest of the Lich King's death knights.
  虽然这把剑的确给他带来了深不可测的力量，但它同时也夺取了王子的灵魂，使他变成巫妖王手下最强大的死亡骑士。
• The virgin forest is so mysterious and unfathomable.
  原始森林神秘莫测，又被称为处女林。