Immeasurable means you cannot measure it — not because you left your ruler at home, but because it is too big, too deep, or too extreme to put a number on. Writers reach for it when they want you to feel the size: immeasurable loss, immeasurable damage, immeasurable kindness.

Immeasurable means you cannot measure it —Immeasurable的意思是你沒辦法測量它—— not because you left your ruler at home,不是因為你把尺忘在家裡， but because it is too big, too deep, or too extreme to put a number on.而是因為它太大、太深，或太極端，沒辦法用數字表示。 Writers reach for it when they want you to feel the size:作家想讓你感受到那種程度的時候，就會用這個字： immeasurable loss, immeasurable damage, immeasurable kindness.像immeasurable loss（難以估量的損失）、immeasurable damage（難以估量的傷害）、immeasurable kindness（難以估量的善意）。

Strictly, a scientist would say almost everything can be measured if you try hard enough; the word is doing emotional work, not lab work. It is a strong, slightly formal emphasiser.

Strictly, a scientist would say almost everything can be measured if you try hard enough;嚴格來說，科學家會說只要夠努力，幾乎什麼都測量得出來； the word is doing emotional work, not lab work.這個字做的是情感上的事，不是實驗室的事。 It is a strong, slightly formal emphasiser.這是一個語氣強烈、稍微正式的加強詞。

In ordinary talk people more often say huge, endless, or 'you cannot measure it'. Do not hear it as 'we have not measured this yet'. The claim is 'it is beyond measuring'.

In ordinary talk people more often say平常說話比較常說 huge, endless, or 'you cannot measure it'.huge（巨大）、endless（無盡），或直接說'you cannot measure it'（沒辦法測量）。 Do not hear it as不要把它理解成 'we have not measured this yet'.'we have not measured this yet'（我們還沒測過這個）的意思。 The claim is它真正要說的是 'it is beyond measuring'.'it is beyond measuring'（這已經超出可以測量的範圍）。