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

• By then mom and dad had been baptized, thrilled to start a newly freshened Christian life, while the unfathomable pools of doubt had started to consume me whole, starting off with chunk by chunk.
  后来爸爸妈妈受洗了，开始了他们崭新的基督徒生活。但是我当时的信念却开始被深深的疑惑侵蚀瓦解。
• But the command-line isn't for everyone, and there there's a surprising number of Linux users who find it unfathomable and intimidating, perhaps even a reason to avoid the Linux completely.
  但是命令行并不适合所有人，觉得命令行难以理解和令人生畏的Linux用户数量多得令人吃惊，这或许是完全避免使用Linux的理由之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
  我们每个人享受的时间，只是那无穷无尽、深不可测的时间中少之又少的一部分！转瞬就会被永恒吞没。
• 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？
• The fluctuating stock price is the most unfathomable but also the most attractive element in the stock market.
  在股票市场中最令人捉摸不定，也最具有吸引力的是波动不已的股票价格。
• 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。
• What goes on between'You and Me'fills the world with affection and devotion – turning an unfathomable future into a tangible dream.
  你和我让世界充满温情与眷恋，你和我使遥远的未来变得可以触摸和期待，你和我让冷漠而世俗的世界变得温暖而明媚。